Thanks John. Maybe there’s something about the way popular histories are written that leave out the greater part of the turmoil, misery, uncertainty and personal cost that comes with revolutions. Even within society itself, the tendency to forget anguish and pain or at least think of it as a bad dream is most common.
Thanks John. Maybe there’s something about the way popular histories are written that leave out the greater part of the turmoil, misery, uncertainty and personal cost that comes with revolutions. Even within society itself, the tendency to forget anguish and pain or at least think of it as a bad dream is most common.
History pretty clearly shows these victories are pyrrhic. All anyone wants to hear is about the victories and glories. Like an iceberg, that’s the pretty tip, a signal flag of danger. Some revolutions go on for generations. In most, a “bad guy” wins, and often that faction arose seemingly from nowhere … like a highjacking.
Bottomline, the history of arrests of people in high office anywhere is a rather thin one. It’s a very difficult and fraught road to go down.
Thanks John. Maybe there’s something about the way popular histories are written that leave out the greater part of the turmoil, misery, uncertainty and personal cost that comes with revolutions. Even within society itself, the tendency to forget anguish and pain or at least think of it as a bad dream is most common.
History pretty clearly shows these victories are pyrrhic. All anyone wants to hear is about the victories and glories. Like an iceberg, that’s the pretty tip, a signal flag of danger. Some revolutions go on for generations. In most, a “bad guy” wins, and often that faction arose seemingly from nowhere … like a highjacking.
Bottomline, the history of arrests of people in high office anywhere is a rather thin one. It’s a very difficult and fraught road to go down.