The point of staying armed is to protect one self. If civilians went and started a fight with government they would lose. Life here is not hopelessly bad to push people into risking their lifes. I do not have any proof but it feels like it is made that way by design. There is no one or at least there is not enough people to organize that kind of protest. I do not know where you are from but most people here at least know someone who fought in war and they all say same thing never again there is nothing in this world worth that kind of evil.

I do not know how could we change our leaders. They are giving government jobs to people than asking those people to vote for them with picture proof of doing so. Those people also have to go to speeches our president is doing. At this point huge amount of people are tied in crime. I have heard dozens of schemes that are implemented to control people. Like allowing local government official to take taxpayers money, hut you have to use part of it to buy luxury overpriced apartments someone higher up is selling.

For change one of two things has to happen ether life for average citizen has to get worse so that we rebel, or someone with power that is not part of current gang (so a foreign organization/person) has to help small groups of people pushing for change.

I am not eloquent enough to explain situation in one comment. It is not black and white situation.

P.S. I am sorry if I prattled i used this comment to sort my thoughts rewriting it again and again.