2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Many may still be sleeping, but the awakening has begun! [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
― Winston S. Churchill
That's a man who certainly knew what he was talking about, speaking from dire experience that should never have to be repeated, and shouldn't have happened in his time either, as he says.
Voting is easier than marching is easier than fighting. Voting for "the system" isn't going to change it though, it's asking for more of the same.