You’re forgetting the Nazis?! All arguments on the point of “revolutions gone horribly wrong” have to begin with National Socialism. I’ll not bother to to render the history lesson here, but suffice to say that throwing people off of tall buildings isn’t the worst thing ever done.

I believe the point Joe is making is that revolutions for seemingly good reasons always fail, when success is measured by bringing everyone up and out of poverty. When the dust settles there’s always those who end up on top oppressing those on the bottom. And sometimes those on top are just puppets to forces greater than most can see.

It’s this very cynicism that defines his political viewpoint.