Re: Revolutions

["Shahab Mesbah" <moscadmin@moscow.com>]

Dear friends,

actually when I made the original statement I was not thinking about the
American revolution which is rather unique. it too was caused by the
colonial master's extreme wealth compared to the average people. the
American revolution was really quite different from the "real" revolutions
in the world. the American revolution was about colonies fighting to for
independence (break away). most other revolutions are about a people fed up
with their lives in their country. I do not mean to belittle the American
revolution but it's circumstances made it quite unusual. it was about a
conquered land separating from the conquerors. now civil war... that was
another interesting event that had much to do with the poor and the wealthy.

let us not loose sight of the point that most revolutions are caused by the
widening inequity between the rich and the poor. we can sit around and find
all kinds of exceptions but the fact remains that logic would dictate that
even the United States of America could potentially be a victim of a
revolution. we are not a colony any more... we are a country.

Your brother in arms,

Shahab...

Shahab Mesbah
Technical Director
City of Moscow
----- Original Message -----
From: <WMSteed@aol.com>
To: <kkhowe@moscow.com>; <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: Revolutions



In a message dated 2/16/00 4:46:54 PM, kkhowe@moscow.com writes:

<< They were men of land and wealth who generally enlisted armies from the

%40-%50 of the population that was poor and struggling, with the promise of

a better, richer future for them than what they faced under British rule...

the leaders may have been wealthy, but the masses dying in the fields were

poor... >>

No argument.  But, the stated premise was that all bloody revolutions are
started by "gross inequities in the distribution of wealth and power." My
reply was that the American Revolution wasn't a such a case but rather one
of
the rich protesting taxation.  Would be certainly hard to do today as
present
day proposed tax refund/tax reduction proposals seem to fall on deaf ears.

Walter Steed