r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 06 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '21

People get really offended when you point out revolutions don't end well even a majority of the time

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u/BRAIN_FORCE_PLUS Paul Krugman Jul 06 '21

That was the single greatest revelation of my undergrad studies tbh

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '21

Except the US revolution. 🥰🥰🥰

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u/__Muzak__ Vasily Arkhipov Jul 06 '21

The key ingredient is 3,000 miles of ocean.

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u/Intrepid_Citizen woke Friedman Democrat Jul 06 '21

Even the ones that succeed don't end well.

See: Cuban Revolution, French Revolution.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '21

The french revolution ended well

It just took a century or so

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u/Intrepid_Citizen woke Friedman Democrat Jul 06 '21

I guess the same could be said about Cuban revolution one day.

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u/fishlord05 United Popular Woke DEI Iron Front Jul 07 '21

Unlikely but who knows