Violence, Rupture, and the Illusion of Seizing Power Core Thesis:Overthrowing an old system is easier than sustaining a new one. Revolutions succeed at rupture — and fail at continuity.Revolutionary moments feel decisive because they concentrate time, emotion, and force into visible events. But governance is not an event. It is a long-duration process of coordination, trust, and error correction. What revolutions do best is precisely what they cannot sustain.I. The Asymmetry Between Seizure a...
