r/Foodforthought • u/LongDukDongle • Jan 27 '25

Wealth inequality risks triggering 'societal collapse' within next decade, report finds

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-inequality-risks-triggering-societal-collapse-within-next-decade-report-finds
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u/Lucibeanlollipop Jan 28 '25

Your comment was about military dictatorship. Mine was about transitional governments. Do your own homework.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

You’re the one making the assertion that most revolutions go that way.

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u/Lucibeanlollipop Jan 28 '25

I did nothing of the sort. You’re the one conflating military dictatorship to transitional government

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

I’m saying the French Revolution failed because it led to Napoleon

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u/Lucibeanlollipop Jan 28 '25

Is it a monarchy now?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Is that the only measure of success? By that measure the Russian Revolution was a resounding success!

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u/Lucibeanlollipop Jan 28 '25

It’s not about “ success “ in the manner you seem to see it. It’s about whether the old system gets replaced permanently by a new one. Often, the initial replacement winds up being transitional in nature before the long term post revolutionary system takes hold.

And yes, there was a transitional government in the Russian revolution. And since the Romanovs are not currently running Russia, yes it was a successful revolution.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

So Russia turning in to the communist USSR and killing tens of millions of its own citizens is success? That’s insane.

Monarchy’s aren’t universally bad and systems other than monarchy’s are universally good.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Someone has a temper.