One thing the events of Jan 6th made clear is that the vast majority of people who like to threaten violent revolution have a ridiculous, cartoonish, immature idea of what such a thing would actually look like. The reality of it, if glimpsed for one minute, would flatten them.

And I'm not even talking about "Our opponents have guns, too!" but just the everyday reality of living in that situation. They're picturing badass battle scenes, not their screaming child dying of diarrhea because water, sanitation and healthcare services have been disrupted.

They're not imagining the sadists who run wild in a power vacuum, the unchecked sexual assaults, navigating black markets for basic supplies, shivering in the winter because gas and electricity systems have been bombed, losing access to their money because assets have been frozen

Some of the most shit-talking revolutionaries will have a rage stroke if asked to wear a mask for one hour or have a panic attack if they lose track of their phone. They're picturing a civil war where they fight during the day and return to the comforts of middle class at night.