... were not suitable also because the grievances of the oppressed classes were always shelved by other issues such as the British conquest of India. This essay will split the issue of why there was no revolution in each country by considering them separately and then drawing similarities between the two countries. Generally, no revolution occurred because of the ability of the ruling authorities in each country to not allow conditions to progress into the state which Marx pointed out and the inability of the oppressed classes to make a revolution due to the deficiencies in their organisation and support. Perhaps one of the most important reasons why revolution never occurred in Britain or Russia was the quiescence of the working classes. John Merriman argues that the majority of the working classes in Britain did not want revolution because the socialist vision had not caught on with them; they were happy ...

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