<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Justin wrote:<BR></DIV> <DIV>>Big marches and mass movements rarely attain their announced goals, but they scare >the shit out of die Herrschenden, the masters, and curb their misbehavior. </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the examples you cited, apparently this thesis at least occasionally holds.  I wonder why?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>