> I don't think that revolution is yet justified. I also don't > see the coming election as one that could possibly fix the problems; > perhaps revolution is the only way. BUT, I would recommend exhausting > all further means as really-good-tries before you resort to revolution. > I beg to submit that, if we make the scientific distinction between "revolution" and "coup-de-tat" (the former being the bringing to power of a new social class; the latter being a shuffling within the same social class) then never in history has a revolution occurred before all other means were attempted.