In this instance, the alternative is brutal oppression. They're better off rebelling than not. ETA: Of course it'd be better if both sides went about things pe

In this instance, the alternative is brutal oppression. They're better off rebelling than not. ETA: Of course it'd be better if both sides went about things peacefully and democratically. To parent's point (now better understood hence ETA), the situation is the consequence of governmental leadership viewing socioeconomy as "zero-sum", and the oppressed taking extreme & desperate steps to eliminate the "zero-sum" restriction.