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Holy shit is there no middle path between "accept oligarchy" and "French Revolution"? It's the mid-21st century; surely we have figured out better solutions than this by now? The entire reason why one might think "bloody uprising" is the only solution - the fact that the masses are too apathetic and inattentive to come together over a more complicated message - is the exact reason why it's also a terrible idea, as it lends itself to subversion by ideologue and perverted towards nefarious ends. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss", etc, and in the meantime the bloodthirsty mob slaughters not just the rich but then the usual scapegoat minority groups too, with the purges that follow such revolutions frequently turning anti-intellectual too. When you cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war, you have no control over what happens next nor any way to stop it until it's run its full course.
The best way to defeat the enemies of the common folk, IMO, is the "greatest insult an enemy can suffer: to be ignored". We should simply build the new system in defiance of the old system, or (when possible) subverting the old system to the new system's needs. For example: we need to start more Community Land Trusts, where renting is not simply paying somebody else's mortgage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_land_trust
Systems in between are subject to manipulation via their vast wealth. The only way to diminish that is dissolution of superPACs and heavy regulation of all systems that allow cash to flow into politics.