Oddbean new post about login | logout Violently overthrowing a state with tens or hundreds of millions of citizens is at best useless and at worse would result in a gigantic bloodbath. We have the vote.
No matter what you do, it will result in a bloodbath. You're a mortal being born into world war 3. The least blood anyone can spill these days is their own, which is still an entire human. You are locked in to making painful choices. I want the death to be biased in favor of bad people and I want good ones to survive. Ripping the band aid off today would probably save a lot of lives compared to whatever else is going to happen because people keep waiting.
Does the government deserve to be overthrown? Absolutely, but most revolutions lead to worse tyranny, not a better smaller government, so be careful what people wish for and be careful starting something that could make everything so much worse.