Don't make their work for them

Big hill to climb after giving them a military and government, but agreed.

Myanmar's military regime had the best grip possible on the armed forces by basically making a separate caste to avoid having the soldiers having second thoughts about shooting at their own families.
It's not going great for them.
- People tend to ignore that civil war, but it's going to be studied for centuries because of all the unique tactics that have been deployed by all sides.
Power is where people believe it is.
No one really "controls" a military or government, at every step of the chain people can disagree. And when they do, it doesn't always shake out the way people expect.
I was threatened with a mutinity charge in the Navy, but I stood by my position and like five people didn't get demoted over some bullshit that wasn't their fault.
If I'd have backed down, they'd have been fucked because they were the fall guys.
If trump tries to sic the US government on citizens or blue states, don't expect everyone to just follow orders, even if the people at the very top do. They're still the ones sitting at desks.
Look at South Korea, president tried to pull a coup and basically everyone told him to fuck off. Didn't matter that he was in charge of the military and government
- This is exactly right. You say no.
  Or you say yes, and take your time, fuck it up, do it wrong, report that you succeeded when you did nothing, etc. Wrench in the gears.
- Look at South Korea, president tried to pull a coup and basically everyone told him to fuck off. Didn’t matter that he was in charge of the military and government
  So there is a chance!
Military gets overhyped. The U.S. Armed Forces have not successfully managed to root out a guerilla force ever. It's why they lost in Vietnam and why they keep losing in the Middle East. To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure if any modern military is actually equipped to handle a mobilized, armed revolution from their own civilians.
- War overseas isn't same as insurgency at home.
  Also, Americans have been living pretty comfortable lives compared to tough mofos in Vietnam and Afghanistan where poverty and instability is/was the norm. Few weeks of hardships and the insurgency in US will die out.
- It’s why they lost in Vietnam
  I think the main reason is that the war lost popular support back home.

Big problem is, if you just wait for them to be toppled, you'll just be subjugated by the one doing the toppling.

You won't solve the overall problems with big violent revolutions, you get it by making the oligarchs irrelevant.

Same principle as fediverse. Decentralized society of active participants, not consumers. Everyone's the master, or some are masters and many are slaves.

Hardest pill to swallow: that includes "lesser of two evils".

Not a meme

Technology makes it harder every time.

One day, a general strike won't slow them down at all.