One of the core contradictions of liberal democracy is that all of the freedoms we hold up as advantages of it were obtained by people violently protesting it:

One of the core contradictions of liberal democracy is that all of the freedoms we hold up as advantages of it were obtained by people violently protesting it: labor rights, LGBT rights, environmental legislation, and obviously we are still fighting.. So, congratulations, I guess, on being privileged enough that your interests have always aligned with the interests of the state.