shit, yeah I should explain. that’s the gun that was used to kill Shinzo Ab
Aah. That makes sense.
Yeah pacifism should be a priority but it isn’t always the answer. Like it would not have been the right choice for Jews in WWII, it wouldn’t have been the right choice in Rwanda or Cambodia, and it doesn’t really work in Gaza either.
Sometimes violent resistance is necessary, yes, but for developed counties which still use the pretense of civility, at least that can be broken if nothing else. If peaceful protests are mowed down with military force, it strips all pretense of acting like a democracy.
That’s probably why it’s so hard for Chinese people to see any mentions of a certain place with a name that has a geometrical shape in it. I went to check the Wikipedia page for it and holy shit any mention of anything bad having happened there is pushed down to a subheading of a subheading, and afforded a whole three sentences. There’s obviously a specific article on Wikipedia addressing that, but that being pushed so far down on the main article is clearly China’s doing.
But seeing as the US doesn’t (yet) have such extensive censorship, now would be the time to loudly and non-violently protest before they manage to set up systems which can censor any government violence used to put down peaceful protestors. Afterwards it won’t matter and it’s going to require something more like firebombs and guerilla warfare.
Aah. That makes sense.
Yeah pacifism should be a priority but it isn’t always the answer. Like it would not have been the right choice for Jews in WWII, it wouldn’t have been the right choice in Rwanda or Cambodia, and it doesn’t really work in Gaza either.
Sometimes violent resistance is necessary, yes, but for developed counties which still use the pretense of civility, at least that can be broken if nothing else. If peaceful protests are mowed down with military force, it strips all pretense of acting like a democracy.
That’s probably why it’s so hard for Chinese people to see any mentions of a certain place with a name that has a geometrical shape in it. I went to check the Wikipedia page for it and holy shit any mention of anything bad having happened there is pushed down to a subheading of a subheading, and afforded a whole three sentences. There’s obviously a specific article on Wikipedia addressing that, but that being pushed so far down on the main article is clearly China’s doing.
But seeing as the US doesn’t (yet) have such extensive censorship, now would be the time to loudly and non-violently protest before they manage to set up systems which can censor any government violence used to put down peaceful protestors. Afterwards it won’t matter and it’s going to require something more like firebombs and guerilla warfare.