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by jessaustin 3695 days ago
Marie Antoinette would disagree, if she could only find her head...

Certainly many so-called "revolutions" are really just one group of elites fighting another, but "always" is just wrong. Do you think ISIS was formed by elites?
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PhantomGremlin 3695 days ago
Do you think ISIS was formed by elites?

I have absolutely no idea. But I'd venture a wild guess and say there are probably a lot of Ba'ath Party people and ex-Saddam Hussein cronies running ISIS behind the scenes. Those people used to be "elites" back when Saddam ruled.

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dragonwriter 3695 days ago
> Marie Antoinette would disagree, if she could only find her head...

Not really, the Jacobins that were the main leaders of the French Revolution were elite politicians both from the formal aristocracy and the high ranks of the mercantile/intellectual class.

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