And the only effective negative stimulus here is locking up people in jail and/or violent action.
Which no one in the opposition will allow anyone in the opposition to do. Potentially for good reason (it would make them a legitimate target for violent retribution), but which just means the war was lost before it started.
Which is why people aren’t fighting back much either - because the smart ones are looking at the score going ‘I’m just going to get murdered fighting a war you already lost because you refuse to let anyone use weapons that will work’.
Which no one in the opposition will allow anyone in the opposition to do. Potentially for good reason (it would make them a legitimate target for violent retribution), but which just means the war was lost before it started.
Which is why people aren’t fighting back much either - because the smart ones are looking at the score going ‘I’m just going to get murdered fighting a war you already lost because you refuse to let anyone use weapons that will work’.