Reply #6: Exactly, violent revolution rarely works

[Warpy]

A few of the public jerks get eliminated, but the guys who wield the real power, the hidden power brokers, just change uniforms and become part of the new order. In the meantime, violent revolutions are messy, wasteful of resources, and horribly uncomfortable for the survivors.

Nonviolence is the only way to go. Civil disobedience is a large part of this, and occurs when the civil contract is cancelled by the power elite. It's not when civil disobedience happens that change occurs, but when the power structure overreacts to it and deals with it a violent matter. Every time they use violence or other heavy handed suppression techniques, they lose more support, until they are gone completely.

Expect to see a lot of civil disobedience if Bush cheats his way back into office.