"Nowhere, however, was the intellectual class anywhere nearly large enough to take power on its own. It relied on the support of other groups dissatisfied with the existing regime. Thus the Russian revolution only succeeded, after nearly a year of agitation, when railway workers went on strike, paralyzing the Tsar’s armies (already in disarray after the disastrous Russo-Japanese War). Yet once the intellectuals took power—in most cases, only to a limited extent—it became clear that their programs were not very appealing to their supporters. The rich disliked the intellectuals’ plans for popular education, which meant raising taxes, while the poor were dismayed to find their former allies trying to break strikes and disarm rebel groups. …"