The non-violent protesting was an Idea that was sowed in to the peasants' minds by the ruling class, while convincing them that they came up with it al by their own.

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[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Do you have any data to back up this claim? If anything, history shows that non-violent movements frighten the powers that shouldn't be. They used COINTELPRO against the anti-war movement, they broke up the Occupy movement, and they constantly infiltrate peaceful protests. Why would they need to do this?

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm pretty sure Ghandi was the first to push non violent protesting and he was very much part of the establishment and a class supremacist.

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Source? And even if that's true, it doesn't nullify all the other instances.