Fighting back is always good, no matter the optics.
Starting the fight is where it gets complicated. But we are long past that. They've already started the fight by throwing innocent people, including children, into dungeons. By beating non-violent protestors. By shooting them even with less-lethal munitions. By escalating the use of force when the situation was already dying down just to stoke the flames again.
Sci Fi is always at it's best when it's not about itself but about us.
I think Fiction in general, not just Sci. But regardless, it always depends on the degree imo.
I get you, but IMHO Fantasy for example has a unique quality for escapism that should not be disregarded. I don't want to say that fantasy is strongest when doing escapism, I just find it hard to regard one higher than the other. And while Sci Fi is no slob for escapism either, I do find it stronger when it reflects on humanity.
History only favors the victor no matter how it started.
The important bit is how you fight back. Anyone can stick a rag in a bottle of vodka and light it on fire, but that doesn't really solve anything. It creates opportunities, but unless we have some kind of plan already in place for how to create a new democracy from the ashes of the old rotten one, some Neo-Napoleon will be happy to step in and create an autocracy in its place.
The power is in organization and understanding, not the tip of a bayonet.
Most people cannot sustain a 100% fight a 100% of the time for an indefinite number of years.
That's why it's wisely to know when to ask people when to fight. Because if you ask everyone to fight all the time people will be burned out and maybe they don't have energies to fight anymore when you most need it.
Thank goodness we have a literal princess bankrolling the rebellion, stockpiling fightercraft, and leading a shadow government!
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