Oppression, Persecution, Revolt

Tyrannical rulers invent the rules of their
realm starting with their reliance that those
whose lives they dictate meekly defer to
those with state power knowing full well
the default of inevitable arrest, imprisonment
torture and death declaring them enemies of
the state. Should an almighty deity be invoked
as proof the tyrants are vested with godly
authority, all the greater obeisance and
obedience follows. But even the oppressed
and the downtrodden will recognize limits
to their despairing conditions when resignation
impulsively transforms into viral outrage, their
humiliation and powerlessness sparks into
flaming dissent and a mass revolt erupts
when one and then another domestic atrocity
too many leaves them reeling in disbelief
at the excess of inhumanity they are subjected
to with casual ease. Then, the tide turns when
the tyrants understand the power of numbers
reflecting an unstoppable tide of rejection
and a universal call for the regime's downfall.
Initial brutality, the swift response to quell the
riots fail, leaving the rulers to quail in dismay
offer profound apologies, promise reform in
deference to the peoples' wishes but nothing 
can now defuse the volcanic eruption of human
grief and rage prepared to destroy those whose
preoccupation has too long been the ultimate
challenge of vanquishing the human spirit.