They Say You Want a Revolution

Well . . . you know . . . we all wanna change the world

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My current observations on Medium and Mastodon suggest that more people are giving up on American democracy. Either the Republicans will turn the USA into a one-party state or rig the elections so they will always win. And the Democrats seem to think they will win in 2028 just because the Republicans will fall on their own sword — and the wiser public has no other practical choice to park their vote. It is no wonder that some political thinkers are talking about a future revolution. And that revolution will change out both R’s and D’s.

Revolutions have a shaky history

Russia had a revolution in 1917. Unfortunately factions appeared: Red vs. White, Bolsheviks vs. Mensheviks. The victors of the civil war used the secret police to hassle supporters of the diminished factions and send them to gulags. While the revolutionaries provided more opportunities for common people, the new society was very much guided by the Orwell Ratio much like the previous society, with a different 2% on top.