Orgulous's words were sharp and arrogant, filled with bias.
Yet Roland could not refute him.
Even if sharp, even if biased, it was an undeniable fact.
Before the revolution, the people were just sheep resigning themselves to fate; once they wielded power and tasted the usage of authority and violence, they turned into tigers, first retaliating against the upper classes who had exploited them, and then, to maintain or misuse their power, they extended their claws toward other poor people...
The history of violent revolutions largely follows this pattern: toppling the old ruling class, experiencing upheaval, chaos, bloodshed, and terror, after which the original revolutionaries become separated from the masses, morphing into the new ruling class, and everything returns to the original state.
Orgulous indeed mocked the revolution and those involved in it; his actions were indeed rude and arrogant, causing displeasure, but who could deny the truth in his words?
