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I wish that were true, Alex, but I don't think so. The radicals have far too much momentum to simply stop after they achieve so limited a goal, and the nationalists will be excited by the success and want to carry it further. I point to the Russian Revolution as an example- it began with a radical fringe, swelled with the populist involvement, then was taken over once again by the radicals once the primary objective had been achieved. Same goes for the French Revolution. This is one of the reasons the American Revolution stands out amongst others- we did not (although we came close) fall to the fringe element.
Another example would involve the invocation of Godwin, so I will not go there.
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