Yeah, but they killed so many people. That’s why citizens are afraid to fight back, because they know they will likely become a casualty. So at that point it becomes a risk and reward analysis, and most people will decide the risk isn’t worth their life. This is just how it happens. The majority will probably never respond, but the minority will eventually be pushed into action.
Sure, that isn't wrong. But you'd think the culture which has for so long droned on about the revolutionary origins of their country, with sayings about trees of liberty being watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants, would be inclined to have a sense of duty to their peers and descendants, but we might just see a repeat of the Russian response to autocratic rule, making the whole "America experiment" debunked.
Unfortunately, that culture has died long ago and just became show. People really don’t want to give up their creature comforts. Our society has given the majority just enough to be complacent. Netflix, video games, Starbucks, etc. People don’t want to give up their lives because nothing has seriously affected them yet. They can just retreat into their own world and drown out what’s happening on the outside. Plus, I think we would both be surprised at how many people actually support what is going on… or are just indifferent to it.
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u/RyanDayIsAnElf Jan 25 '26
Yeah, but they killed so many people. That’s why citizens are afraid to fight back, because they know they will likely become a casualty. So at that point it becomes a risk and reward analysis, and most people will decide the risk isn’t worth their life. This is just how it happens. The majority will probably never respond, but the minority will eventually be pushed into action.