Revolution
A revolution refers to any social, economic, or political upheaval and change. Revolutions may be violent (French Revolution), or peaceful (Glorious Revolution). Revolutions sometimes consist of independence movements (American Revolution), at other times civil wars (February Revolution), or dominance by a minority clique (October Revolution).
In astronomy, a revolution refers to a planetary object completing a full orbit. Because the word "revolution" comes from the Latin revolutio, meaning "turnaround", it can be seen to make sense in both contexts.
Marxist revolution
- See also: Community organizing and Revolutionary vanguard
Karl Marx, the father of modern communism, believed that revolutions were inevitable and that an "underclass" would revolt against a ruling class. The revolutionary language Marx uses itself belies any notion of equality, justice, citizenship, or democracy and appeals to the baser instincts of envy and hatred. Marx's ideas fell out of favor in Russia and Eastern Europe with the collapse of the Soviet Union and a general rise in living conditions due to capitalism.[1]
Marxist revolutionary thought did however find a home and take root in American academia and the Democratic party. From there it spread into mainstream media, the entertainment industry, and the corporate world.
Marxist revolutionary thought provides a theoretical basis among its adherents for all sorts of criminality, from rioting, looting, arson, assault on "non-believers", theft, destruction of private and public property, lawlessness and murder.