PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Che Guevara, Militarism, Patriot Act
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Violence is used by the power to stay in power and have control over the people. Not a tool that is reserved for a paricular group can be used by anyone. Che guevara: hasta la victoria siempre , used violence for poliical change in cuba. Nelson mandela: in south africa, he was labelled a terrorist naionally up for debate. Spent ime in jail for using violence for poliical purposes. Violence unsupported by power, will never accomplish poliical goals. Lone gunman is exercising power, but he would need more and be more than one man to gain/make any sort of change: hannah arendt says that lone man is just a man with a gun and an idea. The fact that saddam hussein had success in ruling due to supporters and backing from ba"ath party/sunni muslims. Efect is both the same: blowing up a building by a bomb is no diferent than bombs being dropped on buildings by humanitarian intervenion" eforts.
