"The first step to changing the system is to stop…

“The first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it” is a political saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is uncertain.

“The first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it” was posted on Twitter by Fresh Coast on November 9, 2012. “The first step for changing the system is to stop complying with it” (This is also printed on an image.—ed.) was posted on Twitter by BlackHistoryStudies on November 30, 2014. “The first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it” was posted on Facebook by The Free Thought Project 4.0 on January 15, 2020.

Related sayings include “You cannot comply your way out of tyranny” and “You comply because you want it to end, but it doesn’t end because you comply.”

Twitter
Fresh Coast
@FreshCoastCRSN
the first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it
12:24 AM · Nov 9, 2012·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
RoseGawd
@rosegawd
“@FreshCoastCRSN: the first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it” #preach
12:25 AM · Nov 9, 2012·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Kabeer Arora
@Bhagat_Kabeer
The first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it aur baat krtay hain change ki #Pakistan #PakistaniPolitics
4:47 AM · Nov 15, 2012·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Ashley Jane
@ashleyjanevegan
The first step to changing the system is to STOP complying with it. Silence, indifference &… http://instagram.com/p/q7C2nYlwWN/
1:25 PM · Jul 26, 2014·Instagram

Twitter
BlackHistoryStudies
@BlkHistStudies
The first step for changing the system is to stop complying with it. (This is also printed on an image.—ed.)
6:39 AM · Nov 30, 2014·Twitter for Android

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Upstate RESIST
@upstateresist
The first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it. #resist #RESISTANCE #ResistTrump
8:37 AM · May 7, 2017·Twitter Web Client

Facebook
The Free Thought Project 4.0
January 15, 2020 ·
The first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it
#VoteNobody
#TaxationIsTheft
#BitcoinNotBombs
#GoogleVoluntaryism
#TheFreeThoughtProject

Facebook
Collective Spark
September 18, 2020 ·
The first step to changing the system is to STOP complying with it. Voting is violence. Stop the cycle. End the illusion!
#VoteNobody2020 #ResearchVoluntaryism
www.collective-spark.xyz

Facebook
Kristy Danielle
October 26, 2020 at 3:27 AM ·
The first step in changing the system, is to stop complying with it. You can’t fix government with government.
DON’T FALL FOR POLITICK LIES.

Twitter
Anonymous Disobedience
@MindBotLuLz
Replying to @MindBotLuLz
Pay attention, none of this is happening by accident.
The first step to changing the system is to stop complying with it.
@mrjoeman @loftyjester @tuneoutandLOOK @Coonhound08 @IbnOsman1 @SilentSpring05 @VeracityQuest @MrXavi3r_ @irish_whitegrl
4:26 PM · Nov 4, 2020·Twitter for Android