Their are plenty of ways to show force and apply pressure without the use of firearms. If you have not openly voiced your opposition in public places or physically in political forums, then you have not earned the right to jump to the last resort and pretend it is justified. Stand with your brothers in the streets or start financial supporting those that do.
/violence works, but it is a tool of the lazy or desperate.
//Hitler himself was elected to office through legal political means.
You're right, with one caveat: Hitler was able to ascend because he had the support of the political establishment. It's better to look at cases where people got power without having the support of the establishment.
But as you say, there are a great number of ways to put pressure. That's the sort of thing that USAID employs to destabilize countries that don't do the bidding of the State Department. Using violence can also backfire and lead to more support for a crackdown, or an even greater crackdown.
He got 1 year jailtime for mounting an actual, confessed coup attempt. That is nothing. And in fact, he dealt more harshly with his opponents who didn't even try coups.
he had the support of the political establishment?
Yes, the conservatives threw in their lot with Hitler in the hopes they could control him. Don't you know anything?
To be fair, it is doomer speech.
I am reposting my previous comment.
/violence works, but it is a tool of the lazy or desperate.
//Hitler himself was elected to office through legal political means.
You're right, with one caveat: Hitler was able to ascend because he had the support of the political establishment. It's better to look at cases where people got power without having the support of the establishment.
But as you say, there are a great number of ways to put pressure. That's the sort of thing that USAID employs to destabilize countries that don't do the bidding of the State Department. Using violence can also backfire and lead to more support for a crackdown, or an even greater crackdown.
He got jailed and censored and you claim he had the support of the political establishment?
He got 1 year jailtime for mounting an actual, confessed coup attempt. That is nothing. And in fact, he dealt more harshly with his opponents who didn't even try coups.
Yes, the conservatives threw in their lot with Hitler in the hopes they could control him. Don't you know anything?