This has strayed from the topic, so I will not continue, but I will say a lot of people make it seem a whole lot harder than it is and overcomplicates the possibility of putting people in power who will be fun rulers, not necessarily war rulers, but fun rulers nonetheless.
EC demonstrated the difficulty of provoking change on a static island with the Year of Peace. Ending that required one of the only lightning storms ever.
It's not that we "make it seem harder", it's that it really is that hard.