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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 to
by 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 agoIt only takes an insurrection if you leave the problem to fester too long ..