[maxerickson]

A different resolution to slavery in the US almost certainly would have involved the ongoing deaths of slaves. So just less violence.

(even one that somehow rapidly ended slavery without slave owners waging war)

[loggedinmyphone]

Yes, less violence is the goal.

[anigbrowl]

It might be your goal, but it's not everyone else's. You don't get to tell people they can't have freedom because it might involve more violence than leaving them in captivity.

[loggedinmyphone]

Neither the notions of nonviolence nor autonomy are absolutes. We always have to struggle to make good choices.