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Got it. So you advocate violence in order to advance your political agenda. Most people call that terrorism.


All political agendas are violence.

The threat of starvation that forces the minimum wage worker to do the capitalists bidding is violence.

The taking away of social security, leaving the weak and elderly to die is violence.

The cutting of jobs is violence.

Forcing miners to work under dangerous conditions for the materials in our computers is violence.

Capitalism is the most violent system ever created.


> All political agendas are violence.

if treated seriously, that just makes "violence" a meaningless term

for start, there is a difference between threats of violence and actual violent acts for example


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Starvation has historically been used as one of the most effective ways to commit violence on populations and is often used by militaries.

If you do not think that is violence, I'd love to hear what qualifies in your mind.


Everybody does. Some however only object when the violence is extralegal.




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