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Americans will never learn this non-violent shit does nothing. They don't care about your signs, your chants, dressing up like a frog, none of that is a threat to their existence. Until they feel threatened nothing will change. And that 3.5% non-violent protest bs is to keep everyone passive.
Non-violence won Civil Rights, and it ended the draft, and ultimately the Vietnam War.
There is a place in the process for non-violent protest, but violence always sits on the shelf, in plain sight of everyone, just in case it's needed. It is best used as a threat, in case diplomacy fails. We still have a few legal steps to take before we deploy the Violence option.
The crazy thing is, they WANT violence, because they think they will prevail, and subdue us once and for all, but that's just their virtuosic incompetence talking. I don't care how many soldiers they have, they are outnumbered 1000 to 1 by patriots who have been raised on national fables of revolution and resistance to kings and kaisers and fuhrers and tyranny.
In addition, they have kicked out all their competent military leadership, and are left with those who are either cowards, traitors, or...sleeper agents who are remaining in power, biding their time until their are ordered to do something heinous, and then they will turn their troops against the administration. If that's the case, certainly the "retired"officers are in touch with those Sleepers, and making plans.
Do we really think all those retired military leaders, agency leaders, lawyers, etc. are all just slinking away from their jobs quietly? That's what MAGA thinks, that they've been humiliated and are too weak and embarrassed to ever show their faces again, but I have a hard time believing that. I doubt they are just sipping scotch and screaming at the TV. There are surely opposition plans to take this country back if it goes full Nazi, with round ups of citizens and dissidents, and concentration camps. These people didn't spend their careers carefully climbing the military later, protecting America and Freedom the entire way, only to have a frat-boy putzes like Trump and Hegseth destroy it all.
You don't understand what violence is, isn't not just destruction of property, there is economic violence, which is what led to the civil rights bills, there is psychological violence which led to the end of the draft. There is neglect which would deny access to food and shelter. And of course collective violence.
There are a fair number of activities that fall under the umbrella of "non-violent protest" that involve a good bit more than just holding signs and writing letters.
You can deny them food, water, sleep, or comfort, you can follow them and record their activities, you can sabotage their vehicles (since they use rentals, it's only destruction of private property, not government property) anything at all that can disrupt their activities and make life more difficult for them, short of assaulting them, is non-violent protest.
All that and you still dont understand violence
What do you propose? Go out and shoot a few ICE agents? They far outnumber and outgun those who are willing currently to protest violently. The opposition shooters would be crushed swiftly, and give the administration pretense to increase ICE funding/presence and push harder for military presence. Not to mention, it'd give them perfect ammo for their bullshit cannon about how "the left" are all violent lunatics (Good was a "domestic terrorist" according to them - can you imagine the "official" narrative if she actually had done something aggressive?!)
Half the voting population is still drinking the FOX news koolaid and think all the people getting detained/deported/murdered by ICE are actually murderers and rapists. Nonviolent protest raises awareness. No opposition will accomplish its goals if no one even knows there is a problem.
The only awareness these protests is raising is how ineffective they are. The only ones concerned about narrative are the ones that think it's working. How long has Portland been protesting and what has been accomplished? Anyone directly challenging the system is gonna be labeled violent so they may as well live up to the label
Non-violent action works if big enough because people will actually start to act if they see that enough other people are fed up and willing to move their asses.
One march every month isn't sufficient though, they have to ramp up the movement, they have to claim public spaces and make themselves unavoidable.
Even if you count on violence to work. Apart from two people with nothing to lose, noone will move their asses to enact said violence if they feel alone. Knowing that 50 millions others are mobilized and not letting go behind them, on the other hand...
It doesn't have to be violent but it does have to be disruptive. The "Don't cause too much trouble, clean up after yourselves, and be home by 11" protests aren't doing a damn thing.
If you look at their finding for 3.5% they say it is not a guarantee and seems to be working less and less. As regimes learn from others failing and technology improves.