Protest without the threat of violence has never accomplished anything. Gandhi, MLK, hippies, labor activists, and all the rest only got what they wanted when the elites were afraid of what would happen to them if they did not give in.
Dr. King’s policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That’s very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.
Protest without the threat of violence has never accomplished anything. Gandhi, MLK, hippies, labor activists, and all the rest only got what they wanted when the elites were afraid of what would happen to them if they did not give in.
I’m glad you don’t even pretend to support the teachings of MLK Jr like the others in here.
Anybody here seen my old friend Luigi?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
Thought I saw him walkin’ over the hill
With Abraham, Martin, and John
Lincoln, King, and Brown?
Lincoln, King, and Kennedy.
One of these things is not like the other.
Luigi has more in common with Booth, Ray, and Oswald.
All of the examples of inneffective people you gave did result in systemic change, though…
India became independent, the civil rights act was signed, Nixon resigned and there hasn’t been a draft since Vietnam…
Labor movement is a bit too vague on a global context I am afraid.