You are supposed to Cross it

Not fish in it.

Fishing in the Rubicon (especially on January 6th) requires a permit. And you will go to jail if you try.

Where as crossing the Rubicon doesn’t require a permit if you manage to win.

Everybody wants to be on the winning team.

It is a desire more fundamental than ideology.

That is why revolutions have a minimum threshold to cross before they become legitimate and popular.

Anything less and nobody will support your revolution.

So to be successful and safe, Revolutions cannot be a Minimum Viable Product.

Revolutions have to be a Maximally Viable and Monopolistic Product from which there is no alternative.

It is an offer than you cannot refuse.