In 1848, riots convulsed Europe. They sought constitutions, democracy, national independence. When it was all over, their only success was in France, where they...immediately elected Louis Napoleon Bonaparte on a platform of restoring order. 4 yrs later, he was Emperor.
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Many of the same people who always say "war never solved anything" are the ones claiming that riots work or can be justified. The reality of history, however, is that riots almost never work unless they become wars or enlist government force in their cause.
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Literally any book about 1848 or 1968 would disabuse anyone of the notion that riots are a good political strategy under any system of government.
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There were losers. But the people who rebelled against Metternich were not winners. A decade later, his son was Ambassador to France! The Hungarian rebels got what they wanted in 1867 - only after Austria lost a war. https://twitter.com/tsutton94/status/1266773987125854210 …
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Britain survived 1848 intact in large part because the middle & lower middle class around London overwhelmingly opposed revolution. On the day of the Chartist demonstration, 20,000 protestors showed up - policed by 85,000 volunteer constables.https://twitter.com/WattsBack/status/1266778424464625666 …
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Besides Louis Napoleon, also the former Prime Minister Robert Peel; William Gladstone; Richard Metternich; and half the House of Lords. All under the nominal command of Wellington.https://twitter.com/WattsBack/status/1266779695397384194 …
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So tell the white supremacists to stop rioting.
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Not sure Britain’s process was entirely peaceful. It was certainly much more gradual, with riots and rebellion and the occasional political crises punctuating the near 1000 year journey from Runnymede to rule by the Commons. Britain’s violent phase was just earlier.
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Louis XVI would like a word. Or the Tsars. Or the Habsburg. Or Francisco Franco. There are a ton of cases of successful regime change in 19th Europe. I agree that this rioting won’t change much, but you are using a terrible example.
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