Problem is that, elections are essentially a virtual military confrontation where 1 vote = 1 man 1 shot, ritual warfare if you will, as opposed to a real one. And when the vote cast is over we essentially count who has the biggest army/who won the "18th century military confrontation" essentially https://youtu.be/2Rr3K_47ciM?t=63 Of course I'm over simplifying, you have "variations" with the electoral college for instance, but essentially that's the idea, we use paper ballots instead of bullets to resolve our political conflicts, and start with the premise that 1 man = 1 shot = 1 kill and once he shot he's dead or just can't fire twice, symbolically speaking, and once the vote is over everybody accepts the result regardless of who won, gets back home and call it a day That's for the theory. Of course the election is supposed to be fair, as opposed to rigged, that goes without saying otherwise it's pointless evidently Now, what do you do when that process is no longer valid/acceptable? When it's rigged? Hm? What does that imply? ... Yeah you guessed it... Either you try to fix it... Or if that doesn't work? Well if that doesn't work either you get back home and accept the fact that you essentially live in a dictatorship where the voting process/democratic process is not even a thing, or it's war, you go to war, literally There's no other option