Questions tagged [revolution]
An internal state of change within a political unit, organized by a typically popular movement formed with the express intent of overthrowing the established government for said political unit.
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Do revolutions invariably lead to more chaos and suffering? [closed]
It is a common perception that revolutions lead to increased chaos and suffering. However, are there instances where a revolution has resulted in immediate benefits for the people of a nation (many ...
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Has any (nominally) democratic government ever been domestically overthrown without military assistance?
When looking at historically overthrown governments, all of those that I can recall have fallen in one or more of these buckets:
They were of monarchies, or
They received domestic assistance from the ...
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Did a foreigner ever lead a revolution? [closed]
Foreign powers sometimes sponsor revolutions, but did a foreigner ever voluntary come into a country and lead a revolution there?
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Which 1848 German revolutionaries became key players in the US Republican party?
Gillian Brockell wrote in an article at the WP:
In 1860, two major factors helped to propel Lincoln — a one-term
congressman and country lawyer most known for losing a Senate campaign
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Why didn't Louis XVI print money prior to the French revolution?
I'm currently reading "Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution" by Simon Schama. It is an ok book. There is a lot of divergence into the culture leading up to the revolution, which ...
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Do revolutions always need public support in order to succeed long-term? [closed]
I normally frequent Worldbuilding StackExchange, and I recently asked a question about werewolves attempting to declare themselves an independent, sovereign state in the American West. However, this ...
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Why do revolutions "eat their own?" What is the sociological dynamic here?
We have a number of cases in history of revolutionary movements growing increasingly radicalized by a kind of internal dynamic that eliminates more moderate factions. Instances include the Jacobins, ...
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Why was 'France' excluded from Henry Lane Wilson's clique during the Mexican Revolution?
The book by Friedrich Katz, The secret war in Mexico, mentions that the USA minister Henry Lane Wilson organized in part the overthrow of president Madero during the first phase of the Mexican ...
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Was a drop in standards of living a significant factor in the revolutions of 1848?
A lot ink has been expended discussing the revolutions of 1848 and their causes, only a small fraction of which I have read.
From my point of view, there seem to be two main schools of thought in ...
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Who were the first "businessmen" to rival the kings throughout the world? [closed]
The merchants seem to have existed for as long as human history. But when did they begin to "take over" the kings? By that I mean, by the time of the "tycoons" like the Oil and Train people of the ...
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Did Hitler and Nazi officials give interviews and cooperate with the Weimar republic general press?
Politicians often purposely avoid being interviewed by journalists based on numerous arguments and if they do get interviewed they might ensure to film the interview with their own crew to expose ...
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Were there any successful revolutions that didn't end in a totalitarian regime? [closed]
By revolution, I mean a violent overthrow of a system of government, from within the country itself. So, the American Revolution doesn't count for my question, since it was a revolution to push out an ...
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Revolutions of communication
Different from other revolutions which took place just once like Harari's
cognitive revolution
agricultural revolution
unification of mankind
scientific revolution
revolutions of communication took ...
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Women in the Iranian revolution
Iranian women are now always portrayed as oppressed in the media and social media compared to the 1970s. I expected their situation to be similar to that for women in Saudi Arabia but after reading a ...
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Are there any historical examples of (non government-approved) fake news having a strong effect?
Right now there is great concern about "fake news", with calls to regulate journalists and social media to prevent people from seeing or propagating fake news stories. I would like to know what kind ...
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