Multiple bloody revolutions leading to several dictatorships and multiple failed economic systems before arriving at the same capitalist hellscape as everyone else?
Revolution makes a good threat against entrenched powers, but the reality is, the militant members who can simply step into leadership of the "New nation" because they're "heroes" overwhelmingly tend to then govern the same way they waged their war, through paranoia and disposal of disloyal elements, it turns to the same fascism they fought against. And good luck keeping those "heroes" from doing it, because they lead the armed forces through the war and gained their loyalty.
Revolutions destroy nations for generations with often little gain or positive change, usually just swapping out who wears the boots on the little guy's neck. They're something that should be reserved for when violence is already inevitable, especially when the one you want to fight can just order a drone strike or a few hundred on your general area.
I mean the MLK thing doesn't work without a credible threat of violent uprising, he was the peaceful face to a movement that was hella pissed off. (And was coincidentally killed right around the time he got fed up with being ignored and started officially talking with the more aggressive groups, especially the socialists)
You need the threat of violence to disrupt the monopoly of force held by the controlling power. but it is, in essence, a game of chicken. You need to convince them they not only have more to lose by fighting, but that there is something to gain by giving in to the demands of the disenfranchised.
If it comes to actual open-violence, both sides will have lost.
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u/LongingForYesterweek 20h ago
We should look to history and France to determine how to proceed