After the revolution, then what?

So those of you who have been reading me on Usenet and LJ/DW lo, these many years, have often heard me say "Ted Rall is a god," and less often, "Wow, Ted Rall may be a god, but sometimes he's also a dick." Anyway, he's Kickstarting a book about what to do *after* the revolution; that is, if the 99% succeed in dismantling the current corrupt system and a people-centered system takes its place, what then? What does one do to ensure that that system succeeds in its aims: redistribution of wealth, safety/security, etc. He plans to travel to countries that have survived recent revolutions and do some research, and some of what he says will make lots of sense to me, if history is any guide, and other things will not.

I'm a child of my society; I have doubts that revolution will succeed when so much of the dominant power structure is set up to make sure it fails. Still, I'm in favor of a radical change in the way power is held in this country, and I'm especially interested in talking and thinking about what comes AFTER. I had a Marxist boyfriend for a short while, and we always got as far as me asking, "Yes, but THEN what?" and he would say, "Oh, I don't know. But we need a revolution!" I am hoping Rall's Kickstarter gets funded so it can contribute some "then what" to the dialogue.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tedrall/congratulations-you-have-overthrown-the-us-governm