militarized unhinged 'power elites who stubbornly refuse to heed popular will and resort to harsher and harsher forms of state control provoke counterviolence... ...but if a mass movement is to retain it's hold over the majority, it has to fight within self-imposed limitations of nonviolence. 'we would not have a movement if violence or property damage were used from the outset,' kevin zeese, one of the first activists to call for an occupy movement, told me. 'people are not drawn to violent movements. such tactics will shrink rather than expand our base of support. property damage justifies police violence to many americans. there is a wide range of diversity of tactics within a nonviolent strategy. disciplined nonviolence is often more difficult because anger and emotion lead people to want to strike back at the police when they are violent, but disciplined nonviolence is the tactic that is most effective against the violence of the state.' ' - chris hedges 171208 what's it to you? who go blather from