Ehhh, you could say the same thing about the US in a lot of ways (think Iraq invasion). People need something - I don't know what - to actually start an uprising. In either country, if you really try and start an uprising you're going to be crushed. I also think even in history (to my limited knowledge) most coups and the like were one elite overthrowing another, and I don't think the records of it making life better broadly is that inspiring. People are just constrained, and they either need to have nothing to lose (very few people in developed countries) or be extremely ideological. The extremists have trouble garnering enough support to actually do anything though.

So - while I'd love to see more accountability of governments, I'm not at all sure that not overthrowing a government says that much about the people as a whole.