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How Revolutions Actually Happen: The 8 Stages Most People Never See | Rick Hoppe
Revolutions often appear sudden from the outside. But what if they actually develop through recognizable stages long before the world realizes what’s happening?
Today’s guest is Rick Hoppe, a retired intelligence officer, military analyst, and author of Eight Stages: A Primer on More Than the Revolution. Rick spent more than three decades working in intelligence, counterintelligence, and analysis, including time in Iraq during the surge.
His work examines political instability and revolutionary movements through an Eight Stages Framework, which he developed after studying historical…
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