Anon has it right. The thing is, this has happened over and over throughout history. The reason it keeps happening over and over again is because whenever there is a revolution, a new set of rulers comes in only to become drunk with power, and the process repeats.
If you guys stand up to fight for no government at all, then there will be nobody in that position to become a tyrant in the first place. The problem is well beyond your current government, it is all governments that oppress their people.
The only way to be truly free is anarchy. Otherwise, you will still have a governing entity who continues to exert force through violence.
Read above.
I'm sick of , to say that we are defending our lives.