Anyway, there's a difference between genuinely popular revolutions (most of which I seem to be broadly in favour of, the first 1917 revolution being one of these), actions by disenfranchised minorities seeking representation (well, it depends what it is they want), and armed minorities who conceive of themselves as having a right to rule (I would put the second 1917 revolution in this category, although often these are (drawn from) the old guard who were deposed in a previous revolution). Making moves to include the second is a good way of delivering just and stable government; however I think that throughout history there are too many cases of the third to discount. As such, it is important to consider what our last resorts are, and under what circumstances we should consider checking into them.
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Anyway, there's a difference between genuinely popular revolutions (most of which I seem to be broadly in favour of, the first 1917 revolution being one of these), actions by disenfranchised minorities seeking representation (well, it depends what it is they want), and armed minorities who conceive of themselves as having a right to rule (I would put the second 1917 revolution in this category, although often these are (drawn from) the old guard who were deposed in a previous revolution). Making moves to include the second is a good way of delivering just and stable government; however I think that throughout history there are too many cases of the third to discount. As such, it is important to consider what our last resorts are, and under what circumstances we should consider checking into them.