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Americans tend to romanticize revolution in general, especially ours, but if you actually look at history violent revolutions with a positive outcome are the ex
by Volundr 4y ago
Americans tend to romanticize revolution in general, especially ours, but if you actually look at history violent revolutions with a positive outcome are the exception, not the rule.
- bobthepanda 4y agoWhat’s the working definition of “positive?” Generally I feel like ones seeking to kick out a foreign force (like a colonizer, e.g. US) do better than ones that involve just infighting.
- Volundr 4y agoA stable nation with good quality of life for it's citizens, as opposed to a revolving door of failed governments, or a new dictatorial government that quickly becomes as bad as the one that was ousted. Which is often what violent revolutions lead to. It turns out that a civil war leaves a nation on fragile ground, and the leaders who are so effective during your uprising often are not the ones best suited for rebuilding after the fact. And that's assuming your uprising has a single coherent faction and not many who will now set to squabbling amongst themselves about how the new government should work now that the common enemy is gone.