Words alone cannot sway public opinion, nor change policy. Only fear works. Fact
France has the terrible memory of 1789, and when the people take to the streets, there is an institutional shudder and change happens.
Non violent resistance doesn't work. It wasn't MLK, but the burning of the cities after his murder, that resulted in change.…
Words alone cannot sway public opinion, nor change policy. Only fear works. Fact
France has the terrible memory of 1789, and when the people take to the streets, there is an institutional shudder and change happens.
Non violent resistance doesn't work. It wasn't MLK, but the burning of the cities after his murder, that resulted in change. The murder of George Floyd resulted in change and indictment because of the violent reaction.
The Britis didn't leave India because of Mahatma Ghandi, they left because of fear of the Indian National Army and the "ghost" of Subras Chandra Bose. Millions of armed and angry Indians was their motivation.
Apartheid in South Africa didn't fall because of Mandela alone. It was the organization of resistance and the violence that was occurring that ended apartheid.
What did the Occupy movement achieve, other than bolster some ego's and high fives among the protesters?
From Wall Street to Seattle, ...nothing. In Seattle the city gave them a street for a week or so, then when they couldn't manage themselves, they move on and the barricades came down and business resumed, except for those businesses that were shuttered permanently, because of loss of revenue.
The Republican party is the party of the amydala,or rather conservatives are the amygdala, liberals, progressives, the non violent left, are the pre frontal cortex.
In a contest twixt the two, which one always wins? The amygdala. The left, liberals, progressives virtually always lose because they aren't really afraid, anger, full of angst, resentment like the right.
We saw the power of the amygdala on the left in Kansas, when they beat down the anti abortion proposition, then, with the aid of the corporate media, and the complicity of the Democratic Party, the women's rights issue went on snooze, and barely reared its head in 2022, when it could have been a dynamic force. Democrats are cowards afraid of push back and afraid to stand up and be counted, unlike the amygdala driving Republicans, who never falter, never apologize, never back away from a fight and the result is that most of the states are controlled by the neo fascists, and if we don't slap ourselves in the face and wake up, it will be too damn late.
Words alone cannot sway public opinion, nor change policy. Only fear works. Fact
France has the terrible memory of 1789, and when the people take to the streets, there is an institutional shudder and change happens.
Non violent resistance doesn't work. It wasn't MLK, but the burning of the cities after his murder, that resulted in change. The murder of George Floyd resulted in change and indictment because of the violent reaction.
The Britis didn't leave India because of Mahatma Ghandi, they left because of fear of the Indian National Army and the "ghost" of Subras Chandra Bose. Millions of armed and angry Indians was their motivation.
Apartheid in South Africa didn't fall because of Mandela alone. It was the organization of resistance and the violence that was occurring that ended apartheid.
What did the Occupy movement achieve, other than bolster some ego's and high fives among the protesters?
From Wall Street to Seattle, ...nothing. In Seattle the city gave them a street for a week or so, then when they couldn't manage themselves, they move on and the barricades came down and business resumed, except for those businesses that were shuttered permanently, because of loss of revenue.
The Republican party is the party of the amydala,or rather conservatives are the amygdala, liberals, progressives, the non violent left, are the pre frontal cortex.
In a contest twixt the two, which one always wins? The amygdala. The left, liberals, progressives virtually always lose because they aren't really afraid, anger, full of angst, resentment like the right.
We saw the power of the amygdala on the left in Kansas, when they beat down the anti abortion proposition, then, with the aid of the corporate media, and the complicity of the Democratic Party, the women's rights issue went on snooze, and barely reared its head in 2022, when it could have been a dynamic force. Democrats are cowards afraid of push back and afraid to stand up and be counted, unlike the amygdala driving Republicans, who never falter, never apologize, never back away from a fight and the result is that most of the states are controlled by the neo fascists, and if we don't slap ourselves in the face and wake up, it will be too damn late.