Without revolution there's a guarantee of societal collapse and possibly extinction.
Exponential growth is not negotiable under capitalism, despite the literal mathematical certainty of where it leads.

It's not just a poor choice of a contemporary ruling class with an abundance of hubris eschewing long term planning, it's baked into the foundational mechanics. Capitalism can't function without it.

I've been watching for over a decade. I've fallen for the same trap, which I could have avoided if only I had read more about what came before. You on the other hand need only not forget recent years.

I've watched the US left "resist" all the way into ever deepening fascism. Watched fascists cheerfully kill for their beliefs while the resistance meekly dies for theirs.
Watched the squad get absorbed by the establishment. Watched the idea of not actively supporting a genocide be dismissed as radical. Watched bipartisan support for banning the platform people were using to learn about the atrocities. Watched the DNC fall over itself looking for excuses as to why they lost to the worst candidate in history.

And I've watched the zeitgeist lag unfathomably far behind what anyone with a heart, brain, and eyes should already understand even if, like me, they lived most of their lives in political ignorance.