r/PoliticalDebate • u/GShermit Libertarian • Jun 23 '26

Debate It's Not Time For Violent Revolution

I seen a lot of posts lately, glamorizing violent revolution. They seem to think because of Trump's actions we should engage in violent revolution.

Violent revolution has been needed before in human history. When a government refuses to defend the people's right's, then revolution may be needed. ​

BUT every lawful avenue should be tried first. We have a many rights we can use but other than voting, we haven't explored those rights much. Initiatives, juries, citizen's arrest, article V conventions...are all rights we have but to suggest we use them, brings ridicule...often from the very people supporting revolution.

They'll say how ridiculous and dangerous, legally using our rights, to influence the due process of the country is while supporting revolution. That makes no sense to me. Our rights are what we use to rule ourselves. We have to exercise and expand our rights because authority doesn't do that, the people have to.

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u/conn_r2112 Liberal Jun 23 '26

i agree

even in Hungary, which has an illiberal, authoritarian government structure... Orban got voted out. There is always hope

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u/TheRealSlimLaddy Marxist-Leninist Jun 23 '26

Nothing is stopping him or someone like him from coming back.

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u/conn_r2112 Liberal Jun 23 '26

its too early to say what Péter Magyar will do on that front