for all the "anti-authoritarians" out therelemmy.mlimage я не из калининграда ( @imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml ) Memes@lemmy.ml • 4 months ago message-square79fedilinkarrow-up197
arrow-up197imagefor all the "anti-authoritarians" out therelemmy.ml я не из калининграда ( @imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml ) Memes@lemmy.ml • 4 months ago message-square79fedilink
minus-square Cowbee [he/him] ( @Cowbee@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink7•3 months agoTook advantage of a wildly unpopular government during WWI to hold a revolution, taking the Winter Palace. It wasn’t just a random strike and coup, but a revolutionary movement backed by a mass of workers.
minus-square photonic_sorcerer ( @photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoThat’s what a coup is.
minus-square Cowbee [he/him] ( @Cowbee@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink6•3 months agoA coup is a revolutionary movement with mass support? Are all revolutions coups?
minus-square photonic_sorcerer ( @photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoA coup is the violent overthrow of a government, so if the revolution is violent, yeah.
minus-square Cowbee [he/him] ( @Cowbee@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink6•3 months agoThat’s a bit goofy, but then I will amend the original statement with clarity: revolutionaries do not necessarily support random individual movements, but mass revolutionary action among the workers.
Took advantage of a wildly unpopular government during WWI to hold a revolution, taking the Winter Palace.
It wasn’t just a random strike and coup, but a revolutionary movement backed by a mass of workers.
That’s what a coup is.
A coup is a revolutionary movement with mass support? Are all revolutions coups?
A coup is the violent overthrow of a government, so if the revolution is violent, yeah.
That’s a bit goofy, but then I will amend the original statement with clarity: revolutionaries do not necessarily support random individual movements, but mass revolutionary action among the workers.