It's a common trope in fiction — and is usually handled as well and in as detailed and realistic a fashion as any other human activity. Here are a few things to think about if you're going to have a glorious revolution in your fictional world.
(Add this to Still More Reasons Hunger Games Was Goofy.)
10 Lessons From Real-Life Revolutions That Fictional Dystopias Ignore
Today’s genre books are full of future dystopias, which only have one weakness: teenagers. And everybody knows that most dystopias are kind of contrived. But here are 10 lessons from real-life rebellions against repressive regimes, that we wish the creators of fictional dystopias would pay attention to.