How to Overcome a Repressive Regime in Sudan

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The ruler does depend on so many people to stay in power, like they're not doing it themselves. And when very large numbers of people refuse to continue supporting them, things collapse rather quickly. So that's one kind of tricky factor that explains some variation, i think, in the outcomes of non violent movements.

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