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Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago1900-2006? This past century has literally been humanity’s most transformative ever, and this chart is just glomming all the data together. We’d need to see trends of how these have changed over time to get a realistic picture.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Well, when you only look at that one image alone and not any of the rest of the information and studies that accompany it, I can see why you’d make that hasty judgement.
Maybe go read more of the vast amounts of information available on it: www.nonviolent-conflict.org/…/civil-resistance/
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
That’s the exact same link I just read. There was a link to a $27 book titled “award-winning research”. I wasn’t able to find any further data sources beyond the provided anecdotes. Did I miss something?
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 5 days ago
“anecdotes”? Yes, you have clearly missed a lot. There’s lots available and easy to find. I don’t think you need me to hold your hand.
Here’s a full dataset if you want: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=…
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I mean, you literally said:
(Emphasis mine.)
I only saw only one study referenced, which seems to be a book, not an academic paper.
In any case, I appreciate the data sources. I’ll take a look.