Most Often, Those Who Call for "Revolution" Do Not Actually Wish to Participate in One

[MineralMan]

One of the offshoots of the Sanders campaign in the previous presidential election was an organization called "Our Revolution." A strong word "Revolution" is. However, the "Revolution" named in the title of that organization is considerably different from the American Revolution that set this nation in motion. That organization promotes a revolution of words more than anything else.

It supported "revolutionary" candidates in some House of Representative elections. Most of those candidates did not succeed. Voters are not generally interested in "revolutions," and prefer a slower pathway to change.

Really, few "revolutions" that are called for ever actually occur. When one does occur, it often does produce change, but at the cost of countless lives lost during the inevitable fighting that a real revolution requires. The French and Russian Revolutions are exemplary of that.

What is surprising, though, is that those who initially called for those successful revolutions generally survived all the battles. That is because most calls for revolution are really calls for "Let's You and Him Fight," with those calling for the battle not actually participating in it at a truly dangerous level.

Generally, those who die in real revolutions are people who really wanted nothing to do with any sort of revolution. They wanted to go on living their lives, raising their families, and trying to better their existence. Once the revolution ends, the survivors pick up the pieces and continue on with living their lives and doing those other things. They just do them under a different form of rule.

People, in general, do not wish for revolution, which is why election campaigns by people who call for revolution rarely are successful. If there is a reason for Bernie Sanders' poorer performance in 2020 than in 2016, it is probably due to that cause. The majority of people are rarely enamored of the idea of a revolution. If allowed to vote, they will not choose to vote for a revolution, at least not in sufficient numbers to form a majority.

"Let's You and Him Fight" is a very poor campaign slogan, it seems to me. "Let's Work Together Toward Our Goals" is a better slogan, overall.