Weekly Summary Four

There has been considerable discussion on the blogs about Russia, specifically the actions of the last two or three tsars. Jonathan post highlights everything the tsars did wrong, and Mia's post explains why this was so: tradition. Basically, the tsars didn't know the true state of affairs in their country and acted according to their own views of the Russia's government, culture, and history. In fact, many of the tsars, if not all of them, believed in some Russia-specific version of the divine right of kings. This was clearly not going to work in a country with a working class that was becoming increasingly radicalized, not to mention just increasing in number. And that's how you get the Bolsheviks in power.