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It takes a really long time for a bad government to actually be overthrown because most people have SOMETHING to lose, and they would rather live in a fairly shitty existence than accept the uncertainty of starting a revolution - in which you might just end up dead... But then when it becomes obviously inevitable, they go from 0 to 10 like a light switch.

The sentiment is correct but the meme makes me cringe.

Yea. It's like THIS 👉 👈 CLOSE to the old I'm A Navy Seal copypasta.

@cjd @teto @JeffGrimesArt @matty @Mammal this one may be slightly less cringe, but only slightly. but it's right, just look at how fast trump had to back off of minnesota because they were actually about to foment a revolution there

More light-hearted...

@cjd @teto @JeffGrimesArt @matty history is more like group a moves to point b. We're gonna get you peasant sentiment never goes anywhere without higher level leadership.

@cjd @JeffGrimesArt @matty @teto military officers who became the confederacy were supported by the regional southern nobility.

Yea, most people require leaders - BUT, when popular resentment is there, a Napoleon will emerge because lots of people want to be Napoleon.

@cjd @teto @JeffGrimesArt @matty Napoleon was not just a random organic people's hero. The rich people in the government already had a plan to transition away from monarchy and into republicanism before napoleon rose to prominence. He was in the perfect place at the perfect time defending one of france's harbors when the english tried to attack it after the revolution.

Of course, but the elite is not unified and doesn't have a single plan. When people get angry enough, some cousin of the emperor always pops up to seize on the opportunity and snatch the throne.

@cjd @teto @JeffGrimesArt @matty that's why game of thrones or walking dead was popular, because those power games are the same in real life. Anybody who thinks they can make a play can change the game.