Dr. King’s policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That’s very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.
Stokely Carmichael
“Nonviolence is fine, as long as it works.” — Malcolm X
“In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience.” — Stokely Carmichael
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
–John F. Kennedy
What does “the United States” refer to here? The government? The populace?
Both perhaps, at the time of his assassination MLK Jr. had about 80% of the country hating him.
You have any evidence?
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/martin-luther-king-75-percent-disapproval-rating-year-death/
Buried the lede.
[and to be pedantic, it is spelled both ways]