Revolution!!!

[Boris Godunov]

I was thinking the other day (don't ask me why) about the great revolutions of history, and what it would take for a modern society today to undergo such a thing.

First, what was the most significant revolution of history? By this, I mean a political revolution--an armed, violent uprising of the people that overthrows an entrenched state government. Everyone seems to hold up the mantle of the French Revolution as the standard, but was that really the most significant revolt in history? Couldn't the American Revolution be seen as just as significant, especially since it heavily influence the French uprising? Or is it the the Russian Revolution? The English Civil War? Or even further back...

Second, we can, with hindsight, point to all the various factors that caused the revolutions. Most of the most significant ones occured in nations that were seen as world leaders at the time.

So could this happen today, in our Western democracies? Or is capitalism the surefire cure to avoiding such things?

Discuss.

Hugs and kisses to Ming.

[spartak]

Ohg good - his ban is over. Does that mean we get some peace over the road?

[Ming]

I was watching you create the thread... and I had two windows open... one to restrict you, and one to get rid of the thread...



Carry on...

[Boris Godunov]

You can watch us AS we create something?

Ooooooooooh...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Spartak
Ohg good - his ban is over. Does that mean we get some peace over the road?

Not a chance, fuzznuts.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
You can watch us AS we create something?

Yep... I did say in the PM that you would be watched

But back on topic.

Revolutions happen all the time in Democracies... but they are called elections

[red_jon]

The American revolution was pretty major, I'm not sure which out of the American and French revolutions was more pivotal though. The French revolution did influence Europe, which was pretty influencial itself. But the American revoltion affected other countries too.

[Boris Godunov]

Ming: I specified violent revolutions, though.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Ming: I specified violent revolutions, though.

What would call Bush's victory over Gore

[spartak]

Fraud?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Spartak
Fraud?

Exactly.

What about the English Civil War? First time a European Monarch of a nation-state is executed by his own people...that's pretty significant.

[red_jon]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Exactly.

What about the English Civil War? First time a European Monarch of a nation-state is executed by his own people...that's pretty significant.

It would have been if we didn't then go and put his son on the throne, who even had the same name.

[Boris Godunov]

But the power of the Monarch was never the same after Charlie I, though, was it?

[spartak]

Originally posted by red_jon


It would have been if we didn't then go and put his son on the throne, who even had the same name.

and an early afro...

[red_jon]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
But the power of the Monarch was never the same after Charlie I, though, was it?

No, I was kidding in that post (forgot smiley).

Oliver Cromwell was an even worse leader though. Banning dancing and colourful clothes makes even the likes of Pat Buchanen look like an anarchist