"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.social)

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[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

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.

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