>Prior to the revolution the regulations give you ample freedom to use the radio to become expert at using it.
So long as you do it on their terms. And their terms include barriers to entry which tend to prevent the parts of society with the least to use from participating.
If there's not a bunch of people with little to lose sitting around with the means to revolt it's much less likely that there will be a revolt. And making sure people don't have the means is a lot easier than making sure people have something to lose.
I think the most support I could give your argument is that convicted felons are barred from getting licensed. I think that is an unnecessary and inappropriate restriction -- and ones with obvious discriminatory consequences considering the race/gender/economic biases in who gets charged and convicted of crimes. But it's a bit hard to lobby against because there are creeps that try to use the radio to meet kids and that felon restriction is one of the tools people use against that.
Prior to the revolution the regulations give you ample freedom to use the radio to become expert at using it.
This is doubly true because ham licensees are permitted to build their own equipment or modify their equipment and use the modified equipment on the air.