A revolution can be defined as many things. And many historians have attempted it in the past. The most accurate depiction of a revolution, in my opinion, was written by Chalmers Johnson in the 1960's. He stated that a revolution takes place when the dysfunction of an existing government and its decay gives rise to another power group taking control. I believe this to be most accurate because if a government were not dysfunctional or decaying, then it would be most difficult for an inferior group of power to effectively overthrow it. A revolutionary party would not have formed to start with if the government was doing an effective and satisfactory job of providing for its people.
Other theories of revolution include one by Crane Brinton, stating that revolution is a process. His idea of revolution was an overthrow of power, which led to extremists coming to power, then subsiding into a more moderate ti
Upon examination of the current world situation, I believe that Russia would be ripe for a revolution. The government can no longer manage and maintain a sound society for its people. The citizens of Russia can afford very little due to the runaway inflation and the tremendous black market. Many people in Russia would rather live back in the day when communism was controlling their everyday lives. There was no poor man and nobody was starving, because big brother was looking out for them all, and nobody had to be responsible. In my opinion it is very likely that the communist party would once again rise to power by overthrowing the sickly democratic government. It would greatly improve the people quality of life, and things can't get much worse for them now. Radical action can easily be taken in such a poor, starving, unhappy nation with a weak governmental backbone.
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