A Brief History of Revolutions and its contemplation

Contradiction, convictions and disagreements have been part of our lives from birth. It is not a question of rights or wrongs, just or unjust or even beneficial or defective rather it can be said that conflict is woven into the very fabric of our minds deeply etched as a necessary means for survival. We simply utilize all the available tools at our disposal to make a visible impression of clarity about our distinctive approach to any proposed stance. Revolutions occurs when these attempts at disapproval trickles out of personal capacity transforming into heavy downpour of mass clashes in terms of bodies and/or opinion.
Revolutions represent all but one part of the life cycle of every civilization, indicating society as an intangible byproduct of aggregate existence that must undergo metamorphosis through deconstructing means by shedding its mortal shell of temporary consequence which is crucial for its evolution and revival. This concept of continuation is wonderfully expressed in Karl Marx’s adaptation of Hegel’s “thesis, antithesis and synthesis triad” utilized as a parameter to quantify boom, recession and depression phases of any society. Marx narrates a power arrangement (a thesis) to contain contradictions (antithesis) by default which inevitably enforces a resolution with a new arrangement of power (synthesis).


Our history is lined boldly with such power struggles and shifts, most notably during 1774-1849 marked as the age of Revolution. It is an ugly tale written with blood-stained letters colored by not millions but billions of nameless hands. A form of unrecognized natural calamity which swallows more than just lives, more than just namesakes, more than just spoils of war. Leaving a permanent telltale scares of struggles of an old dying giant as it is being hunted, chased and slaughtered mercilessly at the hands of young change. To be carried till the end of times carved in favored or disfavored legends from generation to generation.
Out of the multitude facets of the revolution movement we are majorly concerned with its constructive aspects and positive servitude. It is essential to comprehend here that the phenomenon of revolution is not always necessarily taxed with pursuit of righteousness, restoration of order or installation of justice. It is merely a visually document-able broadcast of power shifts from one handler to another. Power is an unstable entity which grants the beholder with a temporary corruptible aptitude and the journey towards its devolution is as fast as the inclination towards the abuse of this unstable venal prowess.
We view revolutions in a glorified light under the assumptions of it serving as an empowering agent for the powerless underdog, left devastated and oppressed asunder. Whereas in reality it is only a transfer of power from past abusers to the present one. In these cases, accountability equates complete demise as compass of exploitation of the corrupt have outstretched far beyond the common precincts of any instance of morale merits and the criminal offenses are so wildly extended to the point of impossibility of being measured and judged on a mortal scale.

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