The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Ah but that's when revolutions come and reset the balance - and the wealthy bourgeois intellectuals are put to death

Alas, revolutions are often won by violent power-hungry people who are likely to be as bad as or worse than the tyrants they displace. See the wonderful Sergio Leone film Duck, You Sucker! for a terrific musing on this.