• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” - Malcolm X

    “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy

    “I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. It was only when all else had failed, when all channels of peaceful protest had been barred to us, that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle.” - Nelson Mandela

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      9 months ago

      The JFK quote here is perfect. A single line that evaluates exactly what is happening. And if violent protests are to occur, everyone will shake their heads and go “this isn’t America!”

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        “This isn’t the USA!”

        They said about a country built on a violent revolution against the Empire that controlled it and a civil war that was never finished.