Maybe look into how we ended up with 8-hour workdays and weekends… Hint: it was not through peaceful, polite negotiations with the ruling class…
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ynthrepic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It really isn’t though. It’s always two steps forward three steps back. Anything good that arises out of the destruction, always comes at an immense cost, and usually corrupts the revolutionary leaders who made it happen.
Is there any violent revolution in history for which genuine peace followed in the immediate aftermath?
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Most of them, depending on your definition of immediate.
ynthrepic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
A few weeks to months following the rebellion. Maybe a year at most.
It’s different if the rebellion does not itself topple the structures of government. I’m talking about violent coups specifically I suppose, not a bit of violent protesting that motivates an existing government to act.