“I think history in other countries show that things may have to get really bad before people risk their lives to fight the corrupt system.”
Absolutely! And we’re a long ways from that. I’m always amazed at how much crap most of us will put up with before we’re motivated to act. And by the time that happens it will be too late because the powers that be have things under such tight control that they can squash any nascent rebellion before it gets out of hand.
Look at Venezuela or Cuba or North Korea or Iran.
I’m trying to think of a truly tyrannical regime that was overthrown strictly by internal forces. I really can’t come up with any. Even the French Revolution came about because the king got too soft hearted. A true tyrant would have never let that get out of hand.
As for the American revolution, that was more a war of independence than one againt a native tyrant.
From another thread...
“The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.”
Orwell, 1984. The guy was an absolute prophet!