> how to win freedom even while under intense pressure from dictators. That's a great problem and a great starting point for working on that problem. But that

> how to win freedom even while under intense pressure from dictators. That's a great problem and a great starting point for working on that problem. But that isn't the problem here, because we aren't living under a dictator, not even a non-malicious dictator. Rather, we have complaints about democratically elected officials. And many of us have given up on everything tied to that system and want to use non-democratic mechanisms (up to and including violence) to resolve our own complaints. This has two major problems, of course. First, it means we are (illegitimately) overriding interests which should be democratically represented. Second, it opens the door to an arms race where those with competing opinions will do the same to us, and those who are peaceful will be marginalized unless they also embrace anti-democratic tactics.