“Every revolution just swaps one set of elites for another”
Agree
- Power corrupts any system
- New leaders become old guard
- Bureaucracy is inevitable at scale
- History proves the pattern
- Revolution leaders become tyrants
Disagree
- Some revolutions genuinely democratized power
- Cynicism ignores real progress
- Systems can be designed differently
- People learn from past mistakes
- Change is possible with vigilance
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