• Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I'm not trolling. I'm just telling you how I see it. I don't think we'll get anywhere with this conversation.

    Is it that difficult for you to understand that there are people out there who disagree with your assertion that violence is the only way to solve this issue?

    • Swoosegoose [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Explain to me in detail how the Vietnamese government should have responded to french occupation and U.S invasion without violence, explain to me how the Batista regime could be overthrown without violence, and how the bay of pigs invasion could be repelled without violence. Explain to me how the USSR should have responded to nazi genocide without violence.

      • Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I never said that all violence is never justified. There are obviously times when it is. You and I happen to disagree about a few specific instances.

        I think you and I would both agree that the populous of Vietnam should have probably fought back against the French when they came to colonize Vietnam. If they had, the future of the entirety of Asia and the rest of the colonized world and colonialism itself may have been changed forever, and you and I might not even need to be having this conversation right now.

        Obviously I'm not an expert on southeast asian history, but from what I understand, Vietnam was a monarchy/empire before the french arrived, and a relatively weak one, apparently. The people should have been able to rise up before the French even got there, to take power from the monarchs themselves. But that very idea was foreign to them, and it seems they were relatively satisfied with the status-quo before the French got there.

        So, I guess the best course of action for everyone is to just leave everyone alone? I don't know. There's a lot I don't know.

        • Swoosegoose [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          No, there is no acceptable number.

          You literally said there is no acceptable amount of deaths to protect a socialist project. I asked you how a response to capitalist aggression is possible without violence, and you don't seem to have a response. You can disagree with the actions taken by a socialist state, but you better actually research the circumstances before you voice your criticism, instead of basely citing to western propaganda and doubling down when called out. To insist an action is wrong when you haven't even done enough research to formulate an alternative, let alone the bare minimum research to understand why the action was taken in the first place, just reeks of pure western chauvinism.

          • Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Acceptance and justification are two very different things.

            how a response to capitalist aggression is possible without violence

            Mahatma Gandhi had some very effective techniques.

            To insist an action is wrong when you haven’t even done enough research to formulate an alternative, let alone the bare minimum research to understand why the action was taken in the first place, just reeks of pure western chauvinism.

            And to assume this reeks of inexperience.

            • Swoosegoose [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Mahatma Gandhi had some very effective techniques.

              God damn it, I let you bait me again. You are a fucking amazing troll, you know that? If you are serious, though I find that very unlikely, then do some research on Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army if you think Indian independence was solely the product of non violence.

              Like seriously though, amazing trolling, you even call me inexperienced and then just point to Gandhi like that even remotely covered my question, top shelf . :bait:

                • Swoosegoose [he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  I'm not saying he's a good dude, I'm saying that he had a direct impact on Indian independence, that's inarguable

                  • Guy_Dudeman [comrade/them,he/him]
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                    3 years ago

                    It's... arguable, maybe. But the British were never really threatened by him, whereas they WERE threatened by the power of Gandhi.