Violent change vs. Nonviolent change

Violent change is unsustainable but it's the preferred short term solutions of governments and empires. The US empire has invested heavily in violent change since it is an empire builder. The war on terror is an empire war on all opposition who can easily be labeled as terrorists and assassinated by drone if necessary. It is aimed at nongovernmental agents but crosses sovereign boundaries at will. It is however doomed to failure. Since all who know this do not have the will to admit it and quit a likely scenario is failure through bankruptcy. Wars do end when soldiers cannot be paid.
Nonviolent change on the other hand is a long term solution. It is embraced by ordinary citizens and actively opposed by all authorities. The social structures set up in western societies after colonialism are designed to maintain oppression. The structures include police, prisons, armies, and the military industrial complex all geared to suppress nonviolence with state legalized violence.
To change the world we need to change the paradigm. We need to support nonviolent long term solutions and we need to oppose violent short term solutions.