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by wu-ikkyu 2847 days ago
How about the US government in the 1960's conceding to civil rights demands in order to avoid a violent revolution?
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close04 2847 days ago
Are you saying that the people who were fighting for civil rights actually deserved to lose because they were willing to... fight to get them?
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wu-ikkyu 2846 days ago
No.
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lotsofpulp 2847 days ago
That doesn't make any sense as a comparison that I'm trying to find between real life politics and the the above commenter's analogy about sacrificing a baby just to "win".
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