1. Crackdowns shape optics, and optics shape uprisings.
  2. Heavy-handed responses can lead to more violent protests.
  3. Crackdowns can be steppingstones to wider power grabs.
  • Foni@lemmy.zip
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    21 days ago

    Not always. I’m from Spain, and you can read about how our dictator Francisco Franco ended his life (spoiler alert: his regime lasted from 1939 to 1977).

    Unfortunately, the real world is not like a movie where wars are always won by those who defend the most just cause.