[yellow, a finger up, looking smug]
The answer to oppression is NEVER violence
Turn the other cheek
Pacifism always wins
You could earn rights by asking nicely instead

[yellow, proudly showing us a huge book]
Don’t believe me?
Open a history book!

[yellow, looking frustrated as they are shuffling through the book’s pages]
Ok so…
Uhm…
Not this page…
Wait…
The next one…
Awkward…
Another…
Yeah but…
For sure this time…

[yellow, sweating, protecting their book, a hand raised towards us]
Can you stop looking?
You’re being rude
That’s my book

https://thebad.website/comic/please_resist_responsibly

  • ShaggySnacksEnglish
    61·
    7 hours ago

    The State only respects power. If you can show the State that you have more power than the State, you can influence the State.

    Power isn’t just physical violence. There is:

    • Economic power, which is show cased through boycotts, strikes, and other means
    • Soft power, which is shown through lobbying and other diplomatic means
    • Political power, which is shown through the ballot box
    • Protest power, which is shown through protests and marches
    • Violence, which is how much violence can be afflicted onto the State
    • Cultural power, how has the dominant culture

    This list is no means exhaustive. Each form of power has a time and place for it.

    • Smaile@lemmy.ca
      45·
      6 hours ago

      You have no economic power, you have no soft power, your political power is limited to some states and people are being pulled from their positions, protesting has been doing fucking nothing, cultural power = 😂 irrelevant.

      I reality your deluding yourself.