World War I and II were settled over some whiskey and a game of poker right?
It's difficult to objectively say whether violent revolt works, because every single revolt has been in a very different context then the next.
The amount of people, artillery, the strength of the opposition, the cause, the location, the current government, the time.
You can't say whether a violent revolt is the way to go or whether it's not the way to go. It's not a black and white issue at all.
If my brothers and sisters see that giving up their lives for our country is a necessity, then I will dedicate my life and fight along side them.
It hasn't gotten bad yet, the moment it starts to really affect your day to day life, people will do something. Right now, to most people, if their instragrams and facebooks work they don't care.