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Forcing change is tyranical and will be short-lived.
Nobody likes being forced to do something. If you do, you will obviously meet resistance.
For any positive long-lasting effect, you must persuade the ruling class to be nicer.
Ideally, the idea should come from them. Not you.
Instead of forcing change, simply allow them to change by themselves.
Forcing the ruling class is the only way to get them to change anything.
You cannot persuade the ruling class to be nicer. They will always act in their material interests, with no regard for morality.
You are nearly a solipsist.
Maybe I am.
I think most people believe only hard power exists. Coercion. Force. Strength. Control. Etc.
I'm not denying it.
All I'm saying is that there is also power in patience, softness, morality, cooperation, etc.
Virtues are nice, but they haven't succeeded in getting change. Disruption and disturbance have.
I believe both can be useful in their own situations.
It seems to me that you have much to learn.
We all do, yourself especially.
Of course, I do have much things to learn.
But I've seen and dealt with people like you before.
Disruption. Change. Force. Chaos. Attention.
I get it.
I just don't feel I have much to learn here.