[net.politics.theory] Change of the rulling class, revolutions

berman@psuvax1.UUCP (Piotr Berman) (12/04/85)

> This sort of thing is happens again and again whenever a middle class
> develops.  But as far as I know, except for England, I don't know a
> single place where a decrease in relative power of the ruling class was not
> also accompanied by a civil war.  But in every case I can think of, the
> decrease in power was FOLLOWED by a civil war; the civil war only being
> an indication that the days of absolute power by the ruling class were
> -- 

There was a revolution in England, and a king was killed.  The leader 
of the revolution was Cromwell.