Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
in the spanish civil war the "revolutionaries" were the fascists...so that's an example of a revolution working.....not being put down.
That's a mighty simplistic view... The spanish republic was almost evenly divided between the nationalists and republicans, and the republicans also promised a violent revolution if they lost the election.

If it had been the nationalists who got the tiny majority in the last election, the revoution would've been started by the republicans and the scenario would fit perfectly with what we're seeing now.

Apart from that minor detail, the spanish civil war fits perfectly with the "popular uprising crushed by authoritarian state"-scenario.