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> "hilarious that the supposed harbingers of this "collapse" are staunch members" You must not be very well versed in history then. That's pretty much where it
by hodwik 10y ago
> "hilarious that the supposed harbingers of this "collapse" are staunch members"
You must not be very well versed in history then. That's pretty much where it always comes from.
- jessaustin 10y agoMarie Antoinette would disagree, if she could only find her head... Certainly many so-called "revolutions" are really just one group of elites fighting another, but "always" is just wrong. Do you think ISIS was formed by elites?
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Marie Antoinette would disagree, if she could only find her head... Not really, the Jacobins that were the main leaders of the French Revolution were elite politicians both from the formal aristocracy and the high ranks of the mercantile/intellectual class.
- PhantomGremlin 10y agoDo you think ISIS was formed by elites? I have absolutely no idea. But I'd venture a wild guess and say there are probably a lot of Ba'ath Party people and ex-Saddam Hussein cronies running ISIS behind the scenes. Those people used to be "elites" back when Saddam ruled.