Violent Revolution

Human forms society because it is easier to live with a group than live alone. People share resources and talents to optimize the quality of life, and work together to secure their home from external invasion. However, the state of nature of human is selfish and can easily destroy the society. Thus, a just organization is essential to maintain the peace and the proper function of the society. The organization set orders to ensure man does not harm others' right when he exercises his liberty (Mill). Such organization is government and has power in legislative and executive to rule and regulate people who live in the society. The power a government has could not exceed what is given to it from people. Government must be based on the consent of the governed (Locke). In order words, the limitation of the power of a government is determined by the people. For example, during WWII people were willing to …show more content…
Therefore, when adopting opposition approach, the leader has to consider how much benefit his people can get from the opposition. Although violent revolution has its necessity in some extreme cases, such as when the government is completely selfish and works only for its personal interest, or when the government has lost its ability to provide stable life to its people, it should not be considered for most of cases in nowadays. The leader is qualified to use violent revolution as his approach when he can promise a better life to his follower after the old government is overthrown. The violent revolution destroyed the order which maintain the basic function of the society. In most of cases in modern time, such as Syria and Iraq, the violent revolution leads to endless civil war or a government has no ability to control the area. People's life became even worse than what was before the revolution. The violent revolution cannot better people's life in most of cases. Thus, it is not the best choice for