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For sure Zab - what's wrong with you 65% of the country?. Where is the fight?:

# **Why civil society doesn’t simply “stand up”**

Because civil society wants:

- Safety
- Stability
- Predictability
- A future for their children

And authoritarian regimes weaponize the fear of losing those things.

People don’t need to love their rulers.
They just need to believe that resisting them is **more dangerous** than tolerating them.
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