I think of the “revolution idea” as a mad urge to turn the world on its head to bring it into conformance with oneself, because one feels “off” in the first place.
It’s usually a manifestation of some kind of ego inflation, that’s for sure. And it almost always results in exactly the opposite of what it claims to advance. How did the Russian Revolution make that country any less oppressive than it was under the Czar? How did Mao’s slaughter of millions make their lives better? Or Castro improve the lives of Cubans? Or Maduro in Venezuela? Or Pol Pot? Or any of the other despots who “revolted” to overthrow tyranny, only to install their own?