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So what you're saying is "pretty much every" current government is the worst it's ever been? Come on.

• hugh3 16y ago
  No, what yters is saying is that governments installed via revolutions tend to be worse than the ones that they replaced. Governments can and often do get better over time, but through gradual change rather than violent revolution. On the other hand sometimes revolutions do produce better governments. I think Indonesia kicking out the Soehartos and installing a fairly reasonable democracy is a good recent example. I'm not sure the American Revolution counts as a revolution at all -- it was more of an independence movement, and I think these tend to have a better record than true revolutions.