• AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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    The united states, every four years.

    The only reason that particular transfer of power is not called a revolution is because it isn’t violent. It’s kind of in the definition of the word. Peaceful transfers of power exist though.

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      That isn’t a revolution that’s an election.

      They don’t, power comes from violence. Please effectively exert authority without using violence, id love an example.

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                Forgive me for assuming you considered violence to be bad.

                Since we’ve presupposed that all authority must in some way stem from the threat of violence, a hatred for violence cannot exist without a hatred for authority.

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                    This thread started because you asked someone to name a single nonviolent revolution. Such a thing cannot possibly exist, especially considering your inexplicably broad definition of that word.

                    You cannot seriously equate shooting someone with taking a child’s dessert away, simply because you consider them both to be violence. Considering this I’m a bit confused as to your point.