THE PATHOLOGY OF MODERN REVOLUTION

PRESENT ATTITUDES TOWARD REVOLUTION REFLECT "A DISEASE STEMMING FROM SOCIETAL DISEQUILIBRIUM," RATHER THAN A SIGN OF HEALTH AS IN 1775 IN AMERICA & 1789 IN FRANCE. THERE ARE WIDE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 18TH CENTURY POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS OF ENGLAND & FRANCE & MODERN THIRD WORLD REVOLUTIONS OF NATIONAL LIBERATION. SOME MODERN SCHOLARS' VIEWS OF THE CAUSES OF THE FRENCH & AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS ARE PRESENTED. LITTLE INSIGHT CAN BE GAINED INTO EVENTS IN SUCH COUNTRIES AS VIET NAM, CUBA, & ANGOLA FROM A STUDY OF 18TH CENTURY REVOLUTIONS; THERE IS NOT EVEN A COLONIAL PARALLEL WITH THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AS THE AMERICAN COLONY WAS NOT OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. IN MODERN REVOLUTIONS, IT IS THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO ARE ATTEMPTING--& IN SOME CASES SUCCEEDING--"TO DRIVE OUT THE OVERLORDS BECAUSE THEY SEEK IDENTITY & STATUS IN THEIR OWN LAND." J. N. MAYER.