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Stalin empirically disproved that statement.

• cableshaft 6y ago
  Fair point, so I guess if the leader gets really blatantly violent, along with enough government propaganda, it can stop a revolution.
  • psychlops 6y ago
    I'd also make the argument that it's easier to do with today's technology than when Stalin did it.
    • rjtavares 6y ago
      The propaganda is easier, the violence is harder. Don't know how that balances out...
  • imtringued 6y ago
    Luddites is also a good example. Oh, you are poor and starving and protesting on the streets? They start destroying machines? Time to arrest everyone, even those who did nothing.