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Re:Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War... by empressplay on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:26PM (#31076805)
I'd love to hear how you imagine we can change that. In a practical way.
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Re:Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War... by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:37PM (#31076921)
Ask Martin Luther King. Ask Mahatma Gandhi. They seemed to do all right.
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Re:Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War... by s1artibartfast on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:57PM (#31078653)
Yes, they used the might of the people to get the concessions they wanted.
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Re:Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War... by AnimalMuppet on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:02PM (#31078685)
They used the powerless (or at least less powerful) to provoke the conscience of the more powerful to get what they wanted.
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Re:Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Scahill on the Russia-Ukraine War... by s1artibartfast on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:04PM (#31079398)
The masses always have the power, it just doesn't seem like it because they rarely agree on anything. They are essentially unstoppable if they really want something.
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