cyu@sh.itjust.works to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago"A history that prioritizes spectacular but brief violence against elites while downplaying millennia of elite violence against everyone else isn’t really history; it’s propaganda."kolektiva.socialexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down12
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-link"A history that prioritizes spectacular but brief violence against elites while downplaying millennia of elite violence against everyone else isn’t really history; it’s propaganda."kolektiva.socialcyu@sh.itjust.works to Socialism@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe problem is the winning party, be them the elites or the revolutionaries, tend to cement themselves into the position of power with a likewise show off force against the lower classes. That’s why the violence is brief.
The problem is the winning party, be them the elites or the revolutionaries, tend to cement themselves into the position of power with a likewise show off force against the lower classes.
That’s why the violence is brief.