As you say, the key Q is: WILL THEY STAY? Here's why they should! Today, the LUCID substack recommended the brilliant 39 pp. paper 'Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Non-Violent Conflict', authored by Stephan and Chenoweth. Free to download. The authors compare 100s of violent and non-violent campaigns across the 20th C. In achieving actual successes, non-violent campaigns proved far more effective than using violence. There are hundreds of ways to resist. Humour and satire? That can be part of it. They help defuse public attacks by the state's armed forces. Kudos to the Portland Chicken Man!
As you say, the key Q is: WILL THEY STAY? Here's why they should! Today, the LUCID substack recommended the brilliant 39 pp. paper 'Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Non-Violent Conflict', authored by Stephan and Chenoweth. Free to download. The authors compare 100s of violent and non-violent campaigns across the 20th C. In achieving actual successes, non-violent campaigns proved far more effective than using violence. There are hundreds of ways to resist. Humour and satire? That can be part of it. They help defuse public attacks by the state's armed forces. Kudos to the Portland Chicken Man!
I don’t know how Olga can keep up with the authoritarian firehose of tactics.