The People don't revolt. As long as a regime is strong, starving the masses makes them more compliant, such as in the holodomor. Change requires a weak regime that questions its own legitimacy and a competent replacement elite that feels the right to rule.
Arab Spring was pushed by the GAE. (liberal Western elites) I don't know anything about Sri Lanka but I bet they have an opposition party or underground media that was encouraging the protests, and their government was on shaky footing.
Foreign powers instigating regime change is not the people organically rising up because they were disgruntled by material conditions, which is a silly Marxist myth.
A competent regime, as the west had since WW2 until recently, can assimilate most potential elites into its ranks, which was the point of the university system, or ruthlessly crush them in infancy, as what happened to the various militia groups in the 80s and 90s.
There won't be any change until they do.
The People don't revolt. As long as a regime is strong, starving the masses makes them more compliant, such as in the holodomor. Change requires a weak regime that questions its own legitimacy and a competent replacement elite that feels the right to rule.
Sri Lanka??
The Arab Spring??
Arab Spring was pushed by the GAE. (liberal Western elites) I don't know anything about Sri Lanka but I bet they have an opposition party or underground media that was encouraging the protests, and their government was on shaky footing.
Every revolt, even the failed ones, is pushed by an elite somewhere.
Foreign powers instigating regime change is not the people organically rising up because they were disgruntled by material conditions, which is a silly Marxist myth.
There's always a replacement elite lurking in the shadows, waiting for a critical mass of foot soldiers for their revolution.
A competent regime, as the west had since WW2 until recently, can assimilate most potential elites into its ranks, which was the point of the university system, or ruthlessly crush them in infancy, as what happened to the various militia groups in the 80s and 90s.