Pardon this anon's early morning opining. I got chills just now reading up on some history.
Was reading up on the Velvet (or gentle) revolution of what was Czechoslovakia in 1989.
What we see today seems to be the same movement as then, executed by the opposite side - if that makes sense. As if the Marxists have learned this lesson and are now using it for their own gain. A stolen playbook of sorts.
But, it also seems like it could be the metaphorical fork in the road moment of the cold war era, echoed today. This revolution that was peaceful resulted in a split of the country. "On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia split into two countries—the Czech Republic and Slovakia."
"The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia) was anon-violent transition of powerin what was then Czechoslovakia, occurringfrom 17 November to 29 December 1989. Populardemonstrations against the one-party governmentof the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students and older dissidents. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia, and thesubsequent dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution
November 17th
"New movements led by Václav Havel surfaced, invoking the idea of a united society where the state would politically restructure.[5] The Socialist Youth Union (SSM/SZM, proxy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia) organised a mass demonstration on 17 November to commemorate International Students Day and the fiftieth anniversary of the murder of student Jan Opletal[6] by the Nazi government.[5]
Most members of SSM were privately opposed to the Communist leadership, but were afraid of speaking up for fear of persecution. This demonstration gave average students an opportunity to join others and express their opinions. By 16:00(4:00 pm), about 15,000 people joined the demonstration. They walked (per the strategy of founders of Stuha movement, Jiří Dienstbier and Šimon Pánek) to Karel Hynek Mácha's grave at Vyšehrad Cemetery and – after the official end of the march – continued into the centre of Prague,[7] carrying banners and chanting anti-Communist slogans.
At about 19:30(7:30pm), the demonstrators were stopped by a cordon of riot police at Národní Street. They blocked all escape routes and attacked the students. Once all the protesters dispersed, one of the participants, secret police agent Ludvík Zifčák,[citation needed] was lying on the street. Zifčák was not physically hurt or pretending to be dead; he was overcome by emotion. Policemen carried his motionless body to an ambulance.
The atmosphere of fear andhopelessness gave birth to a hoax about a dead studentnamed Martin Šmíd. The story was made up by Drahomíra Dražská as she awaited treatment after she was hurt during the riot. Dražská worked at the college and shared her hoax with several people the next day, including the wife of journalist Petr Uhl [cs], a correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.This incident mobilised the people and triggered the revolution.[citation needed] That same evening, students and theatre actors agreed to go on strike."
Both Echo and Rhyme, same frequency in time.