ironically this is what they taught us that the soviet union did in the one high school course that mentioned them, “they made science fit socialism and ignored reality and thats why they failed”, i didn’t learn that they beat us in the space race until i was a stupid adult.
Getting called an extremist by my brother because I acknowledge the reality a 'peaceful' revolution isn't possible and eventually you're going to have to violently deal with a ruling class that doesn't want to give up its power, and deal with their ridiculous followers😊
The data set you've shown also does not define or explain what they're counting as campaigns besides loosely using overthrow and territorial liberation. Nor is it specifying the political nature of those campaigns. I.e fascist revolution vs socialist revolutions success rates.
If territorial liberation is counted loosely, decolonization from European powers would greatly skew that data towards peaceful being more successful, completely ignoring the political circumstances they were left in.
the opinion of a very small political minority is always subject to being labeled "extreme". its just too easy. "90% agree with us, so just call those "others" extreme".
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I know that wasn't the main pint of your post but I'm tired of the argument about who beat who in a competition with no clear rules or objectives.
The data shows any campaign with =>3.5% of the population is successful, and non-violent ones on average attract 4x the amount of people.
rinse. repeat. collaborators.
rule two: SHUT UP and LISTEN to SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 😤or you're uhhh a terrorist who hates success and winning elections