What was nonviolent civil disobedience? Why was this approach so successful?

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Sim W.
Mar 18, 2017

It was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his essay "On the Duty of Cvil Disobedience"

Explanation:

Civil Didsobedience consists in a peaceful to the state or to an oppressive power. It was both by Gandhi and by Martin Luther King. It emphasized the idea that tyranny was based on people accepting their opporession, if the latter withdraw their consent, it can be toppled.

It was succesful because it led to the discredit of political power and made struggles legitimate in people's eyes.
You can find the essay hereOn the Duty of Civil Disobedience

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