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From: berman@psuvax1.UUCP (Piotr Berman)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Change of the rulling class, revolutions
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 13:06:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  4 13:06:56 1985
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> 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.