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Thanks for weighing in, that makes sense to me. And I agree with you and have had similar thoughts about those events in the past, that both are valid responses to conditions because the conditions were not the same, essentially. In the moment, the revolution had to determine what would be most effective for gaining and securing power, and that can produce different outcomes for handling the oppressor, depending. So yeah, well said: focus on what is in the best interests of the oppressed.