@ColorlessBoy
Peaceful? Who said anything about peace? I meant
mass murder never works for getting independence. They still gotta fight.
To gain independence from such powers, you need to inflict violence not on common people (like us peasants) but to use military force to shatter the government and the military of said power so thoroughly that they can not claim authority over you. Then afterward, you need support, resources and legitimacy to rebuild a government. Otherwise you end up with shit holes like Syria where the war drags on for ages with no clear winner and more people showing up to "help"
It ain't easy. There are plenty of morally bankrupt countries that will massacre disobedient citizens. Don't be fooled when countries like China, Turkey or Saudia Arabia say they wouldn't do it. This is the price of disobedience in those countries. In particular, I think a lot of people don't knot that modern China still loves disappearing people and murdering them out of sight. They also love to seize all your official papers so you're essentially unable to even leave your house or get bank accounts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Turkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi