Please resist responsibly

[u/BadFurDay]

https://thebad.website/comic/please_resist_responsibly

[u/aarontgp]

There is a way for pacifism, but you don't do it by asking nicely. You say, "give us rights, and we're blocking central square completely. Do it before the local economy feels the hit!"

But it is important you're ready to face violence yourself. Because the town might decide to send the police on your protest. In this game, you have to bank on the nation having a conscience, especially the government. Considering the government is as evil as they are stupid... probably not a good bet.

[u/Duergarlicbread → u/aarontgp]

Historically pacifism works because the responding power is so violent that the rest of the world gets a little angry and forces a compromise.

So all the "pacifists" have to die in order for everyone else to be like "huh, this is a little bad. I guess we should say something".

Sometimes it's the government, usually it's outside governments.

[u/vidoeiro → u/Duergarlicbread]

Pacifism never worked without violence from the same movement , violence forces the power to work with the pacifist or violent part of the movement

[u/AimHere → u/vidoeiro]

So where was the violence from the African American civil rights movement prior to the civil rights laws that were enacted circa 1964?

After that, then the Black Power movement and the Black Panther party came on the scene, who did bring more violence into the movement, but initially, the movement was entirely peaceful.

[u/vidoeiro → u/AimHere]

You have to be joking right, one of the best examples of a movement with both a violent and non violent wing