03-14-2021, 03:34 PM
(03-14-2021, 12:41 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: About non-violence, I think Bob Butler had a good approach in saying that non-violence works in countries where the powers that be have some conscience. So yes, it can work in those societies, and does. But against dedicated tyrants like the Nazis or Assad or the Myanmar regime, it usually does not. It always works best if the military defects and joins the people.
This is a very good summary. Lukashenko was able to survive the protests last summer because the police and military stayed loyal to him. Yanukovich, Gaddafi and Mubarak were abandoned by theirs.