Do revolutions lead to good outcomes?

Axis: yes, usually worth it ... usually end badly

John

date	change	position	video
2010-11-05	new	John says the French Revolution would in the end do an exceptionally poor job of protecting the rights its Declaration proclaimed.	God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I 00:04:13
2010-11-11	restate	John says that in economic contractions what looked like radical hope and change a year earlier becomes 'the man': the National Assembly fires on a revolutionary crowd.	Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II 00:02:32
2010-11-11	restate	John sums up that after more than a hundred thousand deaths, a decade of suffering and a continent-wide war, France went from one supreme ruler to another.	REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution, Part III 00:03:34
2011-01-31	restate	John loves the romance of revolution but notes that it does not have a particularly good track record, citing the French Revolution.	Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction 00:03:16
2011-06-01	refine	John questions whether the American Revolution was good, arguing it was bad for slaves, delayed abolition, may have led to the Civil War and bankrupted France.	The Evil Baby Orphanage Returns...for George Washington? 00:00:49

date	change	position	video
2013-07-05	new	Hank: revolutions tend to be incremental steps forward for the people; they can be large ideological steps but cultural change happens slowly; one can only hope and wait and see.	Egypt....Explained! 00:07:03