Oh Luffy…. working class revolution is how we got here you silly goose. The Chinese communists ended millennia of dynastic rule and defeated democratic elite reformists to bring a “people’s revolution.” The Soviets used their people’s revolution to overthrow the czars. Across Europe monarchs and “elites” were ousted and executed to give the “people” their revolution. In the USA “we the people, in order to form a more perfect union” rebelled against the crown. Even the National socialist party of Germany was a “people’s revolution” spearheaded through grass roots politics by one Adolf Hitler. In the American civil war the Confederates billed themselves as a “people’s army” against the “wealthy elite Yankees.”
The January 6th rioters were a self proclaimed people’s revolution.
It turns out that Rulers are just people, and when “just people” become rulers, they tend to be more or less the same as the last rulers. It turns out that the “people’s army” against the..
“Elites and special interests” almost always is being pushed or even ran by elites and special interests who simple galvanize the masses to act as their private force magnifier. There aren’t seats at the table of power for everyone in the “people’s revolution” you see, and when the revolution settles, they will be looking for the next group to skewer since the problems will still be there and the promise is so rarely delivered. “People’s revolution” is almost always followed by genocide and targeted mass murder. It turns out on the whole.. people are pretty shitty and not very bright. It turns out that pointing out what is wrong is usually MUCH easier than coming up with a solution for it. It turns out… if you had a solution that actually worked for the people you wouldn’t need a revolution. You’d merely need to show people your way and they’d follow it if it actually works for them.
The January 6th rioters were a self proclaimed people’s revolution.
It turns out that Rulers are just people, and when “just people” become rulers, they tend to be more or less the same as the last rulers. It turns out that the “people’s army” against the..