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Articles by Tim Hjersted

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Why Nonviolent Resistance Doesn’t Require Your Opponent to Have a Conscience
Tim Hjersted - TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Feb 2026

27 Jan 2026 – If nonviolence required tyrants to grow a heart, we’d be finished—violence is what they’re begging for. History shows we beat them by withdrawing pillars of support until they’re forced to concede.