alt Hacker News> It seems protesting a dictatorship, of whatever kind, is pointless and dangerous.
Dangerous, probably but they can't stop us all. Pointless? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution.
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randallsquared • today at 3:40 PM
Well, those are examples of revolutions against entities which were definitely not dictatorships. The British parliament stopped fighting the Americans over the objection of the King.
ImJamal • today at 3:24 PM
Britain and France were not dictatorships. Also, those are from over 200 years ago, having a more recent example might be helpful.
I was trying to SUBTLY IMPLY they should be armed against the regime. Also, that they should do something different than protesting. While protesting, people become targets.
I suppose subtlety doesn't work with you.
A fighter against the regime who is alive is more valuable than the corpse of a protestor. That's simply logistics, you fake Cthulhu.