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[deleted] t1_j3ll2k9 wrote

Reply to comment by MethylSamsaradrolone in Revolutionary Violence and Counterrevolution ["revolutions involving more violence are less at risk of counterrevolution and that this relationship exists primarily because violence lowers the likelihood of counterrevolutionary success—but not counterrevolutionary emergence"] by i_have_thick_loads

You absolutely don’t. All of these revolutionary leader get mass support from the people. Even leaders like Lenin, regardless of your opinion of him, had genuine support from the people.

People love their leaders and government even they see those leaders then their societies around for them. Life under Castro is infinitely greater than what came before. Life in the Soviet Union was infinitely greater than what came before. Life in China is infinitely greater than what came before. And people will have appreciation for the fact that their lives are better

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