Great posts.
>forced into a big coverup operation lest others get wind of the idea of challenging them.
> create an alternative story, go on a murdering spree against the original revolutionaries, and seek to co-opt everything to their own purposes.
>this is what they always do: destroy the idea that you can fight, that you can do right, and suck the hope out of mankind.
Appears to be their go-to strategy. Lots of modern parallels as well.
"For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad." - Luke 8:17