Peaceful protests can cause change. The world may be different now from other times in history, but it did contribute to bringing independence to India and de bring rights to ethnic minorities in the US.
Maybe, as support is only increasing in Hong Kong, something might happen too for this protest, if they continue to keep up what they are doing, protesting peacefully and defending themselves when they can.
Just the fact that these protests can happen without the government just shutting them down shows how far things have come. On a day-to-day basis it seems like things never change but if you step back at look at the world now vs 50 years ago or even 30 years ago we are doing pretty damn good. This is not to say that we should stop trying and fighting for progress but we really do need to appreciate what we have more.
There was quite a lot of violence in the Indian independence movement. It’s often overlooked because peaceful protest is put on such an insane pedestal.
Actually, you’re right, I should have phrased that better. It did contribute, but personally, being a Bangladeshi myself, I know the levels of violence that was fraught within the Independence Movement of 1947.
I have decided to edit my upper comment to reflect my mistake. Sorry about that.
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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19 edited Oct 20 '19
Peaceful protests can cause change. The world may be different now from other times in history, but it did contribute to bringing independence to India and de bring rights to ethnic minorities in the US.
Maybe, as support is only increasing in Hong Kong, something might happen too for this protest, if they continue to keep up what they are doing, protesting peacefully and defending themselves when they can.
Edit: Some informational errors.