• partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    11
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    20 hours ago

    Can you name a moment in time when regular people did stand in solidarity and revolt against something that wasn’t already at the point of causing them grave, direct, unavoidable, and consistent harm?

      • HieroProtagonist@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 hours ago

        The French that started by beheading kings and nobles… and shortly after anyone who had a slightly different opinion? The French who shortly after that madness had a new Emperor? THAT French?

    • 7101334@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      17 hours ago

      Abolitionists are an easy example.

      Now if you mean a majority of people, yeah not really. But people in general, it happens.