What is the Ultimate Goal of Any Revolution?
Continuity until radical change occurs
Revolution is a type of violence.
Revolution has a beginning and an end.
Revolution has a beginning, like the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and the French Revolution of 1789.
The French Revolution began on May 5, 1789, and continued until November 9, 1799.
It caused the abolition of absolute monarchy, established a secular democratic republic that became increasingly authoritarian and militaristic, radical social change based on liberalism and other enlightenment principles, the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, and armed conflicts with other European countries.
As for the Egyptian revolution, it began on January 25, 2011. The repercussions of its events are continuing to the extent that its participants object to the lack of political freedoms, the state of emergency, the increase in poverty, the difficulty of finding job opportunities, police brutality, the lack of housing, the high cost of living, the rise in food prices, the spread of corruption, the lack of free and fair elections, and the lack of freedom of expression, poor living conditions, deviation from the path of truth, and the spread of falsehood.
The radical change has not taken place yet. The revolution is still alive within us and continuing till radical change is done if God Almighty wills. If God wills something, it will be done.
I think regime change (or institutional change) is the ultimate goal of any revolution. Revolution is indeed violence, but violence is not necessarily bad and sometimes it is needed. For example, police is state-sanctioned violence and everybody agrees it is needed.
Revolution is supposed to be instant transformation of the legal system. It has to be powered by the popular support of the bulk of the people to be successful. However, the people may be interested in the regime change, that is change in the existing public laws. If the regime changes the new ruler/s may choose to bring wholesale changes in the laws including the private laws. This may not go down well with many of those common people who participated in the revolution. Thus, it shall be realised by the people that ultimately a revolution only substitutes the old ruler/s with the new ruler/s. The people will always be subjected to the hierarchical system of ruler and the ruled.
Conclusion: revolutions are merely the tools of instant regime change and by and large does not have revolutionary effect on the society. The social change is always incremental.