.... One of my favorite quotes .... "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." ---- Sir Winston Churchill-
Mine also - - just HOPE it does not apply - but it may, it really may.
I love that quote too, but I'm not sure we're that far along.
I've been reading about the Russian Revolution and it simmered for years, was well organized in the factories, and had groups living just outside the borders.