You talk as if it were a binary choice, that revolution can only mean taking up arms or that taking up arms is the inevitable outcome of revolution. Politics, in America especially, has descended into absolute corruption. It is irredeemable and cannot be won back by democratic means because it has co-opted democracy for its evil purposes.

There has to be a revolution of some kind because corporate America will not give up on its death wish. The only question is what that revolution looks like. I can only see it happening in pockets of resistance because the media has control of the narrative and can divide any consolidated action fatally.

There must be a people’s revolution. There is no alternative. It might turn out to be catastrophic but that awaits us anyway if we don’t take back control.