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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by guerrilla on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:22AM (#27685188)
> Mobs don't win wars, they merely destroy and the rest is left to fate

You seriously can't think of any counterexamples to that? Like maybe some French (contemporary and historical), German or Russian counterexamples?

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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by ceilingcorner on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:27AM (#27685215)
In all three of your examples, mobs didn’t win any wars. Organized political factions won wars, which usually came after a period of chaos.

People always forget that the Russian Revolution was followed by war between the Whites and the Reds.

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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by naniwaduni on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @06:24AM (#27686877)
"Mobs don't win, organized political factions win" also characterizes the outcomes of peaceable protest, so what's your point?
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Re:HK media erase their archives amid rising arrests by ceilingcorner on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @08:00AM (#27687443)
I was replying to the parent comment.
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