RE: Is peaceful revolution possible?
October 7, 2021 at 4:55 pm
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2021 at 4:56 pm by HappySkeptic.)
(October 7, 2021 at 4:12 am)Macoleco Wrote: Is peaceful revolution possible?
I’ve been thinking about this question, and I feel the answer is NO.
We are taught that violence is always bad, and that we should use peaceful options such as dialogue to change society. But this is clearly contradictory with reality. The powerful employ violence to keep us under control. Why then is it forbidden for us?
History has taught us that violence has been fundamental in social change. Take the French Revolution for example.
I know violence is ugly. But I think that, at least for now, it is still needed. Society still hasn’t advanced to the point where violence isn’t needed anymore.
My take is, if you employ violence, you better win, and you better be right about your ability to create a better future.
If you fail at either, your violence is simply another evil. One of Gandhi's issue with violence is the type of leaders that a violent uprising would promote. Instead of the ends justifying the means, the means actually affects the ends.
FSM save us from other's utopias (more often dystopias), and their willingness to do violence to attempt to bring them about.
