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    5 days ago

    If a revolutionary party starts a series of actions designed to topple the system and a person with no theory knowledge and unorganized carries out the same type of action, then it is not a revolutionary action?

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        5 days ago

        Let’s put an extreme example. There is a regime that is very top heavy. The assassination of that person will destroy the regime and change it by something else. That would be a revolutionary act, since it would topple a whole political system and replace it by something else. Now let’s assume a single person carried it out.

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          This example is a fantasy, though, and isn’t how society works. This is why theory is necessary, not just vibes.

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            Similar things have happened, although I don’t know if any by a single person but it is not unthinkable that they might, so the hypothetical remains valid.

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                5 days ago

                there have been several assassinations of heads of state by individual people and several assassinations that have led to regime changes, so it is valid.

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                4 days ago

                Throughout history, magnicides by individuals have happened. The US alone has had a couple with some extra tries. On the other hand magnicides leading to a regime change are less common, but Trujillo’s assasination is one example, even with the failed follow through.