You are called terrorist only until you win then you are a freedom fighter.

You even may be called freedom fighter from the start if you are trying to displace government in the right country. There are plenty of examples.

I realize that. I'm just saying that "reject the government" is a radical choice. It's not something the average first world citizen is going to think about. US government has been eroding the freedom of americans for nearly a century now. American citizens have a bigger arsenal than many actual countries out there. And what do they do with all of those weapons? Literally nothing.

Only those who are willing to die have the power to truly change the world. Those who don't want to die are dominated by those who are willing to. The average citizen of a civilized society has a lot to lose. They don't want to die over whatever. They want to get even richer and enjoy an even better life. It's the people who have nothing to lose and everything to gain who are radicalized.