I believe that violence is justified in circumstances of defense of self or others. Would you stand by and merely witness the beating of someone next to you?
If we go by Labor movement history, we see that the vast majority of people would passively witness murder and do nothing.
Yes, murder. And the perpetrators and those who ordered it suffered no consequences.
People are not prone to defend themselves, even if enraged and rioting.
When you observe the difference in accomplishments, the kooks who took over that state park got off nearly scot-free despite having far less popular support and more overt "gimme" demands whereas the Standing Rock protestors got hosed, arrested and pushed back into a little corner.
Being armed seemingly makes state forces think twice about their actions.
The theory of violence done in self defense backed up with guns is far stronger than trusting in your opponents humanity.
Why? Because of the Stanford Prison Experiment (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford...experiment) which demonstrated how a power differential easily mutates in a government setting to authoritarianism.
If we go by Labor movement history, we see that the vast majority of people would passively witness murder and do nothing.
Yes, murder. And the perpetrators and those who ordered it suffered no consequences.
People are not prone to defend themselves, even if enraged and rioting.
When you observe the difference in accomplishments, the kooks who took over that state park got off nearly scot-free despite having far less popular support and more overt "gimme" demands whereas the Standing Rock protestors got hosed, arrested and pushed back into a little corner.
Being armed seemingly makes state forces think twice about their actions.
The theory of violence done in self defense backed up with guns is far stronger than trusting in your opponents humanity.
Why? Because of the Stanford Prison Experiment (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford...experiment) which demonstrated how a power differential easily mutates in a government setting to authoritarianism.
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