Are most revolutions started by single men?

sigmawolf72 · 2019-10-23T12:26:24+00:00

That’s a lot of work for some butt.

Borsao66 · 2019-10-23T12:22:45+00:00

Not historically.

America's founding fathers were mostly married, as were many of the men from the Soviet revolution.

devinng · 2019-10-23T12:50:37+00:00

An incel would never start a revolution, they can't even understand sexual dynamics let alone change a system and convince others to follow them

MR_SKINNYPENIS69 · 2019-10-23T13:14:22+00:00

If I had to guess I'd bet money mostly married men because historically most established men had wives.

Cody_Silver · 2019-10-23T14:06:35+00:00

No. Only 3% of young males actually fight and it has historically been people with something to loose.

On average, when young men cannot afford to provide for their families, things get dicy. You can read the rise and they fall of the Roman empire to get a feel on how this happens. This is how America used the banking system to start the arab spring in Eygpt. Inflation sky rocketed to the point a man could work all day and not have enough to feed his family.

Don’t believe the bullshit on TV when they tell you one fine Tuesday, 60 million people decided that was the day for change and started marching.

Economics is the pre-kinetic war staging. That’s why everyone is trying to own the pipeline they are going to put through Syria right now.

jzekyll4 · 2019-10-23T14:24:44+00:00

No. Young men will riot but it’s a family unit which poses a threat.

frognads · 2019-10-23T14:39:22+00:00

Well good luck with that one.

RPthrowaway123 · 2019-10-23T15:54:19+00:00

I think revolutions are started by highly motivated men. That motivation could come from a variety of places. Being desperate to meet the basic needs (food, shelter, companionship, safety, and so on) makes men more motivated as well. Single, unemployed men can be HIGHLY motivated to change their circumstances, so there's a correlation there, but I don't think being single is an actual root cause.

SirKolbath · 2019-10-23T15:57:23+00:00

Revolution is simple risk/reward. If any person is willing to risk destroying the government and risking his life and family, he must believe that his reward is greater than the risk.

On the surface, this would appear that those with the least to lose have the most to gain-- in other words, unmarried young men without families for which to provide.

In practice, however, it is men with established families who cannot care for them who start and maintain revolutions. They judge the risk to their families to be less than the potential reward.

Men have been conditioned by thousands of years of societal and evolutionary selection pressure to put the needs of the tribe/family ahead of their own. Thus a 19 year old unmarried man is less likely to sustain revolutionary impetus beyond a single riot, but a man who fights for his family and loved ones will rip a goddamn country apart.

Domebeers · 2019-10-23T16:38:36+00:00

No, not at all. Revolutions are generally started by one faction of the ruling coalition against another faction.

Title	Are most revolutions started by single men?
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Date	October 23, 2019 11:59 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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