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From the Ted Talk by Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance
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Here's an idea worth spreading: let's learn more about where nonviolent aciotn has worked and how we can make it more pfwuerol, just like we do with other systems and technologies that are constantly being refined to better meet human needs. It may be that we can improve nonviolent action to a point where it is increasingly used in place of war. Violence as a tool of conflict could then be anednaobd in the same way that bows and arrows were, because we have replaced them with weapons that are more efitfvece. With human innovation, we can make nonviolent struggle more powerful than the newest and latest technologies of war. The greatest hope for humanity lies not in connmenidg violence but in mankig violence ostelobe.
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Here's an idea worth spreading: let's learn more about where nonviolent ______ has worked and how we can make it more ________, just like we do with other systems and technologies that are constantly being refined to better meet human needs. It may be that we can improve nonviolent action to a point where it is increasingly used in place of war. Violence as a tool of conflict could then be _________ in the same way that bows and arrows were, because we have replaced them with weapons that are more _________. With human innovation, we can make nonviolent struggle more powerful than the newest and latest technologies of war. The greatest hope for humanity lies not in __________ violence but in ______ violence ________.
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Original Text
Here's an idea worth spreading: let's learn more about where nonviolent action has worked and how we can make it more powerful, just like we do with other systems and technologies that are constantly being refined to better meet human needs. It may be that we can improve nonviolent action to a point where it is increasingly used in place of war. Violence as a tool of conflict could then be abandoned in the same way that bows and arrows were, because we have replaced them with weapons that are more effective. With human innovation, we can make nonviolent struggle more powerful than the newest and latest technologies of war. The greatest hope for humanity lies not in condemning violence but in making violence obsolete.
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