While Mersa makes a great point that capital is inherently violent, it is questionable that non-violence, as advocated by King and Gandhi, may be the way forward. Non-violence assumes that the oppressed are living in a moral based society. That notion is ofcourse dispelled by a majority of oppressed people who attempted to overthrow their oppressors through non-violence. Black South Africans understood this, the Panthers understood this, and the Mau Mau understood this. Secondly, tactics and strategies engaged in by oppressed people are usually defined by the means used by the oppressor. Hence, in a system where violence is used to suppress efforts towards self-determination and liberation, violence may be the only tool to guarantee that goal.
...if someone cannot grasp capital and leaves it for chapter 8, rewrites it 35 times and still leaves it there... we have some thing at the end of the process, but its not a book
While Mersa makes a great point that capital is inherently violent, it is questionable that non-violence, as advocated by King and Gandhi, may be the way forward. Non-violence assumes that the oppressed are living in a moral based society. That notion is ofcourse dispelled by a majority of oppressed people who attempted to overthrow their oppressors through non-violence. Black South Africans understood this, the Panthers understood this, and the Mau Mau understood this. Secondly, tactics and strategies engaged in by oppressed people are usually defined by the means used by the oppressor. Hence, in a system where violence is used to suppress efforts towards self-determination and liberation, violence may be the only tool to guarantee that goal.
Sitting down with my popcorn for this one! 🍿
...if someone cannot grasp capital and leaves it for chapter 8, rewrites it 35 times and still leaves it there... we have some thing at the end of the process, but its not a book