Violent Resistance to Imperialism

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  Good morning everyone, I'm going to need you to pay attention to this,

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  otherwise I'm going to slap you all

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  is not a more effective way to get

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  your attention than simply asking for your attentiveness.

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  That's because I threatened you with violence.

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  This is a more simplified way to break down violence in comparison to non

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  violence and more specifically violent resistance to

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  imperialism versus non violent resistance to imperialism.

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  First, let's talk about what violent resistance is. Violent resistance is.

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  A series of violent acts performed by a community

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  to prevent foreign invaders from taking over the country.

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  Now, why would anyone think violence is the best solution to anything?

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  Well,

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  some advantages to violence is that it's assertive and it's strong

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  and straight forward to getting the point across to invaders.

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  It's quicker than non violence and time is of the essence.

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  Nonviolence is a longer process and you could wait

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  for long amounts of time without any guaranteed results.

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  It will require a lot of patience and waiting and no one has that kind of time.

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  Now,

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  Some may ask why is violence really a more effective way to respond to imperialism?

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  Well,

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  it brought a large group of very passionate people together with one

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  goal in mind which was to efficiently create a change in their favor

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  while being physically while being physical with

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  the opposing side can be more dangerous.

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  It puts more stress on the leaders to act quickly

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  and therefore people aren't starving themselves for days on end.

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  We're walking for miles upon miles as a way to protest.

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  Also, history has proven that a

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  strong sense of national pride can come from a violent yet victorious

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  battle and an example of this would be the american revolution,

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  violent rebellions are far more effective than non

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  violent rebellions as Nonviolence takes much more time.

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  Violent rebellions are much more impactful in history.

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  As seen through the battle of Agua. The support rebellion and the boxer rebellion,

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  The battle of Agua started when the italian army was defeated by farmers,

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  women and warriors.

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  This battle ensured that Ethiopia would be free from Italy and

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  would become one of the only countries to never be colonized.

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  The C. P.

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  A rebellion was a rebellion in India against

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  new Britain rule and began by indian troops.

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  It started because the sea boys did not want to

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  use the new cartridges because they included animal products.

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  It led to the downfall of the east India company and

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  made Britain reorganized the army's government

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  and administration and the finances.

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  Another rebellion was the boxer rebellion which was brought up up by foreigners

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  and a secret to society of people called boxers

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  who eventually got the support of the government.

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  This happened because of the spread of western religions but

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  mostly because of the presence of Christianity in china.

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  The Salt March was led by Gandhi to protest British rule in India.

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  It was a 241 mile march that resulted

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  in many people including Gandhi being arrested.

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  This was in protest of a very high tax that the British had imposed on salt.

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  Then there was the hunger strike,

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  which was when India wanted to separate the electoral system by Caste.

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  Gandhi led a fasting protest in his jail cell.

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  It was successful because Britain decided to reverse

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  the separation between Indians and the untouchables.

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  Despite being successful,

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  it caused a lot of harm and was very bad

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  for Gandhi and anyone who was participating alongside him.

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  Violent resistance is better because Nonviolence takes up too

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  much time and is boring compared to a war.

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  Thank you so much for your time and we hope you enjoy.