You’re most likely right. Although, rules only work while people follow them. I’m normally against calling for revolutions, as I think they tend to destabilize the county to the point where it’s very easy for corruption to take control. However in countries like China, Russia, or Myanmar, the current power structure is so entombed in the foundation of those countries that there’s no real way out of that through the “legal process”. Also I just realized that all those countries had their own revolutions that placed the current tyrants into power.
I’m hoping that the people are able to see past their propaganda.