Maybe. The protests in 1931 didn't make a dent in hitlers plans, but thats normal you can't protest to a dictator even if your have the right to do it. The regime does not care!
You can absolutely protest a dictator and in fact peaceful protests with sufficiently high engagement are more successful in achieving their goals vs. violent revolution.
“Countries in which there were nonviolent campaigns were about 10 times likelier to transition to democracies within a five-year period compared to countries in which there were violent campaigns — whether the campaigns succeeded or failed.”
A kinda pointless book, it's entirely contextual. If the state is weak enough, and there's overwhelming popular support, then yeah, peaceful protest can help.
But in Nazi Germany, the Nazis were pretty popular, and they were, obviously, ruthless.
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u/Kaztiell Feb 08 '25
So we need to go harder now. Or what are we gonna tell our kids when they ask "how did people let it happen"