Revolutions

Revolutions Revolution has changed a great deal since the American and French Revolutions. Because of new methods of war and communication, revolution can be very different than a century ago although their reason they begin may be similar. In the past, in order for revolution to take place, most of the people in a country had to agree with the revolution. Today a small group of radicals can obtain weapons of mass destruction and hold an entire government for ransom. In order for the people of the past to wage war on a government, they required the support of the people. Communicating with the citizens was difficult, and required a great deal of time. The world we live in today is also more susceptible to revolution because of strong communication systems. These new mediums allow ideas to spread with greater ease and also pave the path for radicals to gain support. An example of this is happening in China as we speak. In China the government controls the media and attempts to control the newly introduced Internet. The Internet allows the Chinese people to communicate, and spread news without the government’s knowledge (The Tunnel). The Chinese government is currently attempting to revolution, government, china, people, new, internet, very, revolutions, country, today, take, place, order, issue, first, different, communication, chinese, because, weapons, time, support, small, past, ideas, group, control, xvi, world, war, wanted, united, tunnel, took, through, students