No one ever has or ever will plan a revolution; they always surprise even those who bring one about. Joseph Kennedy got scared enough in the mid 30s to say that he would give up half his money if he was able to spend the rest in peace. The reaction both of many capitalists as well as ruling elites in the early '70s show that they had gotten pretty restless. For what an individual can do? The rule the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks split over, generalized, offers a guide. Don't remain an individual. Join _something_.
Carrol