Le Guin’s second refusal warns that upheaval is not built on an assembly line. Hannah Arendt’s On Revolution (1963) emphasizes action’s unpredictability: freedom erupts when people appear together in public, not when plans unfold like blueprints. History underlines this contingency; Tunisia’s 2010 uprising began with Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act, then cascaded through networks, grievances, and courage no committee could script. Attempts at top-down design often harden into bureaucracy before the new society breathes. Consequently, the revolution that endures tends to grow from common life rather than command. That insight leads to the heart of her claim: if you cannot buy or make it, you must become it. [...]
