Revolution? I agree with Paul Easton and Jerry Schaefer. a violent revolution would backfire on us because those in power have had plenty of time and resources to prepare for that and have things all sewn up in their favour.
I believe Buckminster Fuller showed us the way:
“You cannot change things by fighting the existing reality. In order to change things, you must create new ways which render the old ways obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller
I think what he meant was:
We must stop feeding the monster that is destroying our world and our wellbeing. We each have far more power to change things by the way we use our money and our attention than with any voting system.
A safe alternative is to refuse to watch or read corporate propaganda. Join an independent credit union (one with no exposure to the global banks) or a small local bank (only investing in local people) and switch our loans and credit cards over to them. Another is to buy from locally-owned, locally-run and locally-controlled businesses as much as possible. Also set up a car pool with neighbours to avoid too much dependence on gasoline. Also create a local lending library for large appliances and tools so we need to buy much less. There are many very successful examples around the world of people creating those alternatives and we need to learn from them or join them. Examples: democratically-run workers’ coops like Mondragon in Spain; towns in the USA that have created their own locally-owned banks, electric power companies and internet providers using local shareholder funds only (not owned by or in debt to the big banks); Carter’s Habitat For Humanity that builds homes using “sweat equity” from those who will live there; towns that have created “maker places” and “recycle workshops” for locals to become more resilient by using local expertise and wasted resources; community gardens that are growing food for the public; and many more. And of course there is always local farmers’ markets and community-supported agriculture. Getting active in local government is very important so we can rewrite local regulations to be more user-friendly for the poorest of us and our local ecology. I love to come across solutions that are already working. It’s a wonderful antidote to all the bad news and (very necessary) fact-finding we all need to do to realise who is ripping us off and lying to us (the ruling class and their corporate media).
None of these methods will be instant in effect but we know how sensitive the corporate world is to losing market share so if enough of us headed this direction, they would feel the pinch. At the same time, more of us would develop economic resilience.