almost definitely a repost but eh

  • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    I didn’t say I suspected bad faith for disagreeing.

    Revolutions are different than the governments they produces decades later. The Bolshevik revolution, for example, did not come anywhere close to overwhelming support when it was happening.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      The October Revolution was supported by the many workers and peasants, they didn’t exactly hold a census beforehand but it only succeeded because of mass support.