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the polite word for when patience finally files for divorce from power.
means To rise up against an authority or to feel sudden disgust, depending on whether you're overthrowing a king or merely smelling the milk.
from From the French 'révolter,' itself borrowed from Italian 'rivoltare,' meaning to overturn or roll back — traceable to Latin 'revolvere,' 're-' (back) plus 'volvere' (to roll). The same 'volvere' that gives us 'revolve' and 'revolution': the literal picture is of a wheel turning over, which is exactly what the downtrodden have in mind. The 'feel sick/disgusted' sense came later, a metaphorical turning of the stomach rather than the state.
- salt spark
- India's empire wobbled over a pinch of seawater salt
- shared root
- comes from Latin for turning, like a wheel
- body language
- disgust and rebellion share the same physical recoil
- spartacus
- a gladiator's revolt rattled Rome for two years
- bread first
- empty stomachs topple thrones faster than ideas do
haitian revolution — enslaved people overthrew french colonial rule in saint-domingue, 1791-1804
indian rebellion of 1857 — sepoys and civilians rose against british east india company across northern india
boxer rebellion — chinese secret societies attacked foreign missionaries and diplomats, 1899-1901
warsaw ghetto uprising — jewish resistance fighters battled nazi forces in warsaw, april-may 1943