People are still too comfortable and look at it as having too much to lose. People know once you go down that road, there's no going back, and it's going to hurt. A lot. I think the past year has been a huge wake up call for most people though, and even a lot of people I know are preparing for what's to come. Theyre normal conservatives also, not extreme by any stretch, but everyone knows where this is going, and they're getting ready for the fight.
Long comment incoming that no one will see but you probably lmao, TL;DR at the end.
I took a class on political violence last year, and in it we covered civil wars, insurgencies, etc. What you're talking about is the "rebel's dilemma." It basically asks the question "why would someone join a rebellion/fight against the government?" It doesn't make logical sense for any individual to join of their own free will, because there are four outcomes that will come of the rebellion when looking at an individual's choice to join or not:
Join the rebellion and the rebellion succeeds -> Individual gets whatever they were seeking (usually freedom of some kind) at the cost of manpower, money/capital, and time.
Join the rebellion and the rebellion fails -> Rebels are rounded up and the individual winds up dead or punished by the government.
Don't join the rebellion and the rebellion fails -> Everything goes back to normal with no cost or risk whatsoever to the individual.
Don't join the rebellion and the rebellion succeeds -> The individual gains new freedoms (or whatever the rebellion was fighting for) for absolutely no cost to themselves.
Logically it doesn't make any sense for any individual to join a rebel group because it involves a ton of work and resources and puts the individual at great risk if the rebellion fails. Solving the rebel's dilemma has obviously been a huge problem for rebel groups throughout history. The easiest example is to look at the Revolution and see what the Founding Fathers did: they paid the troops, offered them land, and offered them freedom if they were slaves or indentured servants (same thing happened in the Cuban Revolution).
Of course some people will fight for a cause they strongly believe in (probably most people on this board), but that's not enough to form a strong movement by itself, you need to give some kind of incentive to push more people over the fence to join you in your fight because people are sacrificing a lot to join you. I think this is why the BLM movement was able to gain traction (especially this year), because people had been forced out of work due to the China virus so no one needs to worry about getting fired (much lower risk to oneself) and, of course, many were paid to go around torching cities for BLM and Antifa through Soros.
So what yuou are saying is if we join and win those who sat on their asses become slaves. Since they are likely the reason shit went south to begin with theybare only going to head back to being enslaved. Join or die must be a rebellions motto then. No free rides.
That's why rebel movements have given rewards to those that join and help them. Money/land/capital, threats, propaganda, government positions, voting rights, there are a lot of different ways you can make joining the cause seem worth it for those on the fence. But if we're fighting for freedom do you think enslaving people would be a good idea? That would be enough for me to leave and start my own movement.
People are still too comfortable and look at it as having too much to lose. People know once you go down that road, there's no going back, and it's going to hurt. A lot. I think the past year has been a huge wake up call for most people though, and even a lot of people I know are preparing for what's to come. Theyre normal conservatives also, not extreme by any stretch, but everyone knows where this is going, and they're getting ready for the fight.
Long comment incoming that no one will see but you probably lmao, TL;DR at the end.
I took a class on political violence last year, and in it we covered civil wars, insurgencies, etc. What you're talking about is the "rebel's dilemma." It basically asks the question "why would someone join a rebellion/fight against the government?" It doesn't make logical sense for any individual to join of their own free will, because there are four outcomes that will come of the rebellion when looking at an individual's choice to join or not:
Join the rebellion and the rebellion succeeds -> Individual gets whatever they were seeking (usually freedom of some kind) at the cost of manpower, money/capital, and time.
Join the rebellion and the rebellion fails -> Rebels are rounded up and the individual winds up dead or punished by the government.
Don't join the rebellion and the rebellion fails -> Everything goes back to normal with no cost or risk whatsoever to the individual.
Don't join the rebellion and the rebellion succeeds -> The individual gains new freedoms (or whatever the rebellion was fighting for) for absolutely no cost to themselves.
Logically it doesn't make any sense for any individual to join a rebel group because it involves a ton of work and resources and puts the individual at great risk if the rebellion fails. Solving the rebel's dilemma has obviously been a huge problem for rebel groups throughout history. The easiest example is to look at the Revolution and see what the Founding Fathers did: they paid the troops, offered them land, and offered them freedom if they were slaves or indentured servants (same thing happened in the Cuban Revolution).
Of course some people will fight for a cause they strongly believe in (probably most people on this board), but that's not enough to form a strong movement by itself, you need to give some kind of incentive to push more people over the fence to join you in your fight because people are sacrificing a lot to join you. I think this is why the BLM movement was able to gain traction (especially this year), because people had been forced out of work due to the China virus so no one needs to worry about getting fired (much lower risk to oneself) and, of course, many were paid to go around torching cities for BLM and Antifa through Soros.
TL;DR: You're referring to the "rebel's dilemma."
So what yuou are saying is if we join and win those who sat on their asses become slaves. Since they are likely the reason shit went south to begin with theybare only going to head back to being enslaved. Join or die must be a rebellions motto then. No free rides.
That's why rebel movements have given rewards to those that join and help them. Money/land/capital, threats, propaganda, government positions, voting rights, there are a lot of different ways you can make joining the cause seem worth it for those on the fence. But if we're fighting for freedom do you think enslaving people would be a good idea? That would be enough for me to leave and start my own movement.