2009-10-25, 10:25 AM
I am going to assume that you mean if "violent revolution is the right thing to do against a political oppresioion".
It depends on the degree/extent of oppression really, let's say China's oppression for their opposition results in jailing and maybe execution. In that case, if all people in China are as sane and properly educated and have the right ideas, a violent revolution to overthrow the government maybe justified. But with that many people in the country, maybe it doesn't have to be violent. Perhaps they can do a Ghandi and just refuse to do anything the government asks them to, as if the government can control 1 billion people if they decide to revolt?
It depends on the degree/extent of oppression really, let's say China's oppression for their opposition results in jailing and maybe execution. In that case, if all people in China are as sane and properly educated and have the right ideas, a violent revolution to overthrow the government maybe justified. But with that many people in the country, maybe it doesn't have to be violent. Perhaps they can do a Ghandi and just refuse to do anything the government asks them to, as if the government can control 1 billion people if they decide to revolt?