PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHistorically speaking, violence is not th-... the... oh no...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up15
arrow-up15imageHistorically speaking, violence is not th-... the... oh no...lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIn fact that has been the implicit threat driving democracy. If you give the angry an out though voting, you can get out of the way before the threat of violence. Attack people’s democratic voice and you risk the violent answer.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt is the ballot or the bullet, as a wise man once said.
In fact that has been the implicit threat driving democracy. If you give the angry an out though voting, you can get out of the way before the threat of violence.
Attack people’s democratic voice and you risk the violent answer.
It is the ballot or the bullet, as a wise man once said.