A theory of culpability for government actions that is broad enough to apply to North Korean citizens who will be summarily executed for even suggesting regime change (or shot in the back while trying to escape) is useless. At that point it’s basically geopolitical predestination.
How did that Arab Spring work out for Syrians? Right, they were barrel bombed by the regime, then slaughtered by ISIS, then just generally killed in random crossfire. 14 million of them were driven from their homes, either to other places in Syria or outside the country to live in overcrowded refugee camps. Now the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rules over the ashes, since all the original people fighting for change are long dead. Why can't everyone just do this?!??! Stop being lazy people, rise up.
> if your government is still in power, you as a colective are fine with whatever they are doing
"You as a collective" is not a thing, though. We are not Borg; we are individuals. I live in the US, and I am absolutely not fine with what Trump and the GOP are doing, but... well, they are still in power. And I do have some (albeit fairly minimal) ability to affect the actions of my government through voting.
Someone who lives under a dictatorship like Iran has zero say in what their government does, and zero say in what government is in power. The only way for someone like that to change their government is to engage in armed rebellion, but asking someone to put their life on the line like that is way more than I would presume to ask of anyone.
How do you know what that person is doing or not doing to try and get rid of those in power, and for their survival? In fact, your government is still in power, so according to your line of argument I can hold you personally responsible for any of their action and inaction and direct and indirect support of genocide. I am not going to, since I don’t share that perspective.
What do you mean by "you as a collective"? Did you just shift the goalpost? Do you think people are part of a hivemind? I thought we were talking about individuals, now you want to talk about "a collective"? You clearly aren't thinking about this rationally. A bit of thinking things through logically would really help here. I suggest spending a few hours whiteboarding your argument, because as it stands 0% of people are going to agree with you.
