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  • Well I am using the term as distinct from a coup. A coup is when a small circle of power holders (usually but not always the military) seize power without the involvement of the masses.

    When people talk about color revolutions in my experience, it's usually an attempt to smear popular uprisings as being artificially created by some hostile foreign power. To my knowledge, such a thing has never happened. This is because it's far more difficult to motivate the thousands or even millions of people needed to take such actions. You can't simply pay them off or order them the way you can with a handful of generals.

    The Shah was put in power in one of many coups supported or orchestrated by the US. But I would not describe it as a color revolution because there was little involvement of the general public. It was a struggle between elite factions.

  • Are these supposed to be links or what?

    I reacted the way I did because you basically said "lol google it nerd" instead of providing useful information. You get what you give in online discourse.

  • I was more wondering if there was something specifically relevant to the black panthers as implied by the comic.

    Also I'm not totally sure they've actually admitted to all that, though I'm sure it happened.

  • I was more wondering if there was a specific thing this comic was referencing. Perhaps in relation to the black panther depicted or something.

    I know they wrote nasty letters and falsely signed them as leaders of other factions, but in the grand scheme of things that's pretty mild stuff.

  • It's just selectively chosen and distorted facts and invectives against the enemies of authoritarian leftists. It's not a serious attempt to document reality.

    As an example, I looked at the page on color revolutions the user above recommended. It's just a series of unsupported assertions with no supporting evidence. It literally doesn't contain a single reference.

    I do find it useful for evaluating leftists though. I find when prolewiki criticizes them then it's usually because they actually care about facts and have consistent values. So it does have some use.

  • Prolewiki is a joke. So you have nothing.

    There's simply no evidence any nation has been able to engineer a popular uprising. Such a thing is not possible. People feel how they feel and they hate their government for a reason.

  • No shit I've been saying this from the beginning.

  • Can you point to relevant documents? I have heard of involvement in coups but I have not heard anything about them being behind so-called color revolutions, which I believe is a dangerous made up word used to justify imperialist repression against dissidents and protesters.

    Some on the right are now referring to the current events in Minnesota as a color revolution, and I believe this is a result of our lack of criticism of this very dubious term.

  • What did they admit to?

  • The idea that these vehicles will ever be adequately safe, quiet, or efficient is very dubious. Any regulatory agency that isn't outright rejecting them at this point should be viewed with suspicion.

    If I'm ever proven wrong then great but I don't see that happening for decades at minimum.

  • I'm not a huge fan of electoral politics but I have met Mai Vang a few times and I believe her convictions are real. Whether they will survive contact with a system designed to grind them down I can't say but she's by far the best person in the sac city council currently and I don't doubt she would be one of the most progressive members of congress.

  • These automated bans based on where you post are the dumbest way to run subs.

  • I'm not worried about the death of TikTok. I'm worried most people will stay on TikTok and the regime will control their reality through it.

  • Oh that's good news. However their stated business model is in cities so I expect heavy lobbying to lift that ban to start. It could be worthwhile to have layered bans at different levels of government to provide protection in case one layer gets paid off.

  • lol I meant like for Jews only insofar as it's for everyone, and it's for Jews because they are a subset of everyone. But that's a stretch so I see why you were confused.

  • Ah, what could have been...

  • Loons are another one.

  • These should be banned in cities immediately. The danger here seems insane.

  • I agree. To have civil war you need multiple opposing armed forces of somewhat similar military strength. I don't really see that happening because of the purges of military leadership but an insurgency is very possible.

  • And I don't have any problem with that. The issue is when they decide to enhance that distinctly Jewish character by expelling or killing everyone who is different from them. That's called fascism.

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