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Spontaneity or conspiracy?

Fundamental questions are often asked as to the methodology for effecting change in the society. Human beings are constantly busy trying to make progress in the society, discarding whatever holds them back, and adopting better and better systems to enrich their existence. Revolutions are a natural phenomenon, being the process by which the society discards a system that holds them back in order to institute one which promotes their highest level of existence. But even then, revolutions don't just happen by themselves; they are made. A most vital question, therefore, which frequently befalls the partakers of the revolution; the revolutionary vanguard, is if and how it should be planned, if and how it should be prepared in advance with or without the participation of the masses and if and how it should be led by a small group of people, the vanguard. In short, spontaneity or conspiracy? It goes without saying that many revolutionary situations throughout history have been met by th...