I think we're probably more aligned than you think :-)
I think society is a slow, lumbering beast that's hard to turn around, and very unpredictable.
I think that elites generally control things and the average person can't do much.
But if <<only>> elites control <<always>> things and only in <<their>> favor, then we can't explain how developed countries happened.
Long story short: the common person can't do much in general, but sometimes they can. Otherwise we can't explain stuff like Taiwan or South Korea or Estonia or Czechia or Slovenia or Ireland or whatever. So that means that the common person has a super low chance of changing anything, but that's their only hope. Giving up means that you have <<no>> chance, <<ever>>. And that's how you end up with Ukraine pre-2008 or Moldova pre-2014.
Yes, I agree with everything you said. Voting and protesting matter. Expression matters and is very important despite everything I said earlier. Otherwise everything would be even more alike than it is now. Your logic is sound.
I think society is a slow, lumbering beast that's hard to turn around, and very unpredictable.
I think that elites generally control things and the average person can't do much.
But if <<only>> elites control <<always>> things and only in <<their>> favor, then we can't explain how developed countries happened.
Long story short: the common person can't do much in general, but sometimes they can. Otherwise we can't explain stuff like Taiwan or South Korea or Estonia or Czechia or Slovenia or Ireland or whatever. So that means that the common person has a super low chance of changing anything, but that's their only hope. Giving up means that you have <<no>> chance, <<ever>>. And that's how you end up with Ukraine pre-2008 or Moldova pre-2014.