how do we know similar acts did not take place?? We are pretty sure that many pre-democratic changes of political power did come about in this way. Revolu

how do we know similar acts did not take place?? We are pretty sure that many pre-democratic changes of political power did come about in this way. Revolutions and other political power-struggles have been studied very carefully e.g. [1], the Marxist tradition is pretty full of such studies, e.g. [2, 3]. but that's still the case today, no? Yes, precisely because of the intense counter-measures taken to prevent AIDS from spreading further. Need-sharing has mostly disappeared, at least in western Europe, because taking Heroin has been effectively decriminalised. Moreover, free Methadon substitution for addicts, and the provision of free needles (and space to shoot up) are all reactions to the AIDS epidemic. So the fact that "that's still the case today" is a great success of not going whatabout-flu-and-traffic-deaths when AIDS arrived. [1] E. N. Luttwak, Coup d'Etat: A Practical Handbook. [2] Võ Nguyên Giáp: People's war, people's army. [3] S. Alinsky, Rules for Radicals.