Nonviolence has been a tool that has been used throughout human history and especially modern era and many famous figures have used this practice such as Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr in fact many figures and events during the Civil rights movement have been influenced by it (Montgomery bus boycott, Rosa Park etc). However people have used this method in earlier times too. During the enlightenment era (which I won't give a specific date too due to the fact that the date is disputed) many people protested against many different things in ways which we would consider peaceful (although it didn't always work Voltaire got imprisoned in the bastille). nonviolence has certainly evolved over time. Humans in many countries today can protest without being arrested and executed or imprisoned like poor voltaire. Today it is a tool that people use for change. Nonviolence is far too complex for me to completely explain its like trying to explain any religion or belief but here this is what I belive is important
