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Originally posted by SecretMethod70
Yeah, it works really well in Cuba. If someone were to successfully seize a dictatorial control of the government, civil disobedience is meaningless. Civil disobedience means you're dead, and no one can vote the person out of power.
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I disagree; I think if enough people rose up in Cuba against the government, Castro would be outta there. Currently, however, people there seem content enough--whether it's because of their
advanced healthcare and education programs or not I don't know--that they haven't yet overthrown him.
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Originally posted by Seaver
Russia the majority of the army and navy sided with the revolutionists. France the entire army sided with the revolutionists.
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So then these are examples of what people-pressure can do.
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It IS the best way, as long as the government is only semi-rough with them. Because you know, it worked so well against China//Algeria/etc when the government wasnt quite so friendly.
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I think it is quite amazing what people can do non-violently. Look at what happened
recently in Venezuela.