"When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it..."

“When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time-out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con”

-

Ta-Nehisi Coates,

Nonviolence as Compliance

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This is such a good piece.

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