You say you want a revolution?

Russians learnt the hard way to appreciate the wisdom of the words of philosopher Joseph de Maistre, a refugee from the French Revolution who lived in Russia in the early 19th century: “Revolutions happen because of the government’s iniquities; but no government iniquity is as bad for people as revolution itself.” The West seems to have forgotten its own wisdom on revolutions, despite the pain of its original acquisition.

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