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Yes. If you are ruled by a government that does not have your best interests at heart, that is on you to change. Government derives its power from the people

Yes. If you are ruled by a government that does not have your best interests at heart, that is on you to change. Government derives its power from the people it rules. There is no other source of that power.

hedora 3y ago
I suggest you read the dictator’s handbook. Government derives its power from some percentage of the population it rules. That percentage can be measured and is extremely low in most present-day democracies.
- boffinAudio 3y ago
  Dictators power depends on the peoples fear .. this is why it always takes courage to remove a dictatorship.
- kridsdale3 3y ago
  The more powerful weapons become, the smaller that group can be.
momirlan 3y ago
ah, the illusion of people power. i would say the political parties have the power, and while they are "elected", clearly they're not working for the people but for the financial benefit of a few.
kridsdale3 3y ago
This is only true in countries where the people had any say in the establishing of power. Before 1776, that was just about nowhere. Today, there are still many lands and 100s of millions of people who give no consent to be governed, and yet governed they are.
askiiart 3y ago
When the system is heavily stacked against you, such that you cannot change it meaningfully through legal means, what other options are there? If you want to totally reform the entire government, you can start a rebellion. A military may be more merciful if it's just a small insurrection, but if the government is in real danger, a military has far, far more power than needed to put down any rebellion. So what, do you expect the citizens to storm the Bastille? The only reason any uprisings are successful is because the military allows them to be. Sure, we can absolutely make smaller changes with votes, but when it comes down to it, if you have the support of the military, you have all the power. And because of that, citizens have relatively little power. I'm not advocating for an insurrection against any government, but "that is on you to change" is nonsense.
- boffinAudio 3y ago
  It only takes an insurrection if you leave the problem to fester too long ..

hedora 3y ago

I suggest you read the dictator’s handbook. Government derives its power from some percentage of the population it rules. That percentage can be measured and is extremely low in most present-day democracies.

boffinAudio 3y ago
Dictators power depends on the peoples fear .. this is why it always takes courage to remove a dictatorship.
kridsdale3 3y ago
The more powerful weapons become, the smaller that group can be.

momirlan 3y ago

ah, the illusion of people power. i would say the political parties have the power, and while they are "elected", clearly they're not working for the people but for the financial benefit of a few.

kridsdale3 3y ago

This is only true in countries where the people had any say in the establishing of power. Before 1776, that was just about nowhere. Today, there are still many lands and 100s of millions of people who give no consent to be governed, and yet governed they are.

askiiart 3y ago

When the system is heavily stacked against you, such that you cannot change it meaningfully through legal means, what other options are there? If you want to totally reform the entire government, you can start a rebellion. A military may be more merciful if it's just a small insurrection, but if the government is in real danger, a military has far, far more power than needed to put down any rebellion. So what, do you expect the citizens to storm the Bastille? The only reason any uprisings are successful is because the military allows them to be. Sure, we can absolutely make smaller changes with votes, but when it comes down to it, if you have the support of the military, you have all the power. And because of that, citizens have relatively little power. I'm not advocating for an insurrection against any government, but "that is on you to change" is nonsense.

boffinAudio 3y ago
It only takes an insurrection if you leave the problem to fester too long ..