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It is a perfectly meaningful comparison.

A domestic, intrinsically motivated movement, supported externally with non violent diplomatic, financial, and moral aid, acted as a catalyst to the largely non violent removal of many authoritarian repressive regimes.

All of which have largely avoided civil war with the exception of Ukraine due to a resurgent Russia responding to excessive NATO expansion.

Former Yugoslavia doesn’t count as it excluded itself from the Soviet Warsaw Pact sphere Nd attempted non alignment.



Okay? You haven't shown that it's a meaningful comparison. What does it mean for nonviolent movements to be "twice as successful"? Nothing, because you can construct any arbitrary measure of movement or success.


It's actually quite simple and easy.

Did a fundamental shift in incumbent political power occur? Yes/No

Was that fundamental shift away from the previous incumbent political power sustainable, or did it fall as well(after X time)? Yes/No

I sincerely hope I'm not coming across in an unintentionally rude or abrasive way, if so, I apologise.

To be honest, you kind of are.




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