On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Steven Brust wrote: > > > 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. The Roman empire's army uprising in whatever-it-was-CE? Some of the more abrupt transitions in Hellenic Greece?