Very good examples. Fear is generally disastrous. . And those that didnt shy away from them were courageous and history remebers them. How ever, some others did hide away from it.. that is why you cant hear that it is everyone that confronted the government. Infact.. there were more cowards in those days than there is today. The only fact today is that.. the fear system has become very threatening and complex in ways that Fela himself.. if awoken to do what he did in the past might fail. What i'm saying is that.. today we have more bold individuals than we had those days. Now we could bost of 10 out of hundred, unlike those days. . It was 1 out of 100!.
Experience can only make us better.. not worst. But the fear factor has also developed.

Also.. every little gun shot made the history in thier days. Nowadays even atomic bomb explosions are only recorded on social medias.

In my opinion.. fear has increased ,also courage have in equal proportion. But, there are far too much to cover today in our history than a man struggling a wife and musician singing against the government. Cheers!