David August<p>Someone replied to a post suggesting violence is the only thing that will solve things. Violence is never a good answer. It's an answer, but not a good one. </p><p>"…nonviolent movements are twice as likely to succeed as violent movements" - Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict </p><p>Consider reading Pranksters vs Autocrats (PDF): <a href="https://d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/open-access/pdfs/9781501756078.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">d119vjm4apzmdm.cloudfront.net/</span><span class="invisible">open-access/pdfs/9781501756078.pdf</span></a> </p><p>and learning laughtivism (which I am only just starting to understand as well I want to). </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a></p>