The Revolutions 1917 and 1789:

The Revolutions 1917 and 1789: Justifications for Violence. The question of whether or not a violent revolution is justified or not is a subjective one that is judged differently depending on where one finds oneself in reference to the political spectrum. Even contemporary progressive conservatives would undoubtedly dissuade the notion that violent revolutionary change is ever justified or needed, while others, such as those living in regimes that were set up through revolutions or violent upheavals, could …

…were a war that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and which was soon followed by political executions (the Tsar and his family being the first victim of these executions). In conclusion then, it may be said that while the French Revolution of 1789 did result in utilitarian progress (definitely in the short term and by starting a liberal democratic tradition in continental Europe even for the long term) the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 did not.