See, the thing to take into consideration is the Vox uprising bears more resemblance to revolutions that came around the same period, such as the Russian Revolution five years later. The Vox aren’t loyal colonists who are chaffing under burdensome taxation and a disconnected government, they’re workers who are being kept down and exploited by the rich elite who label them as “inferior” for the most petty of reasons, whether it be race, creed, or nationality. Throughout history, worker uprisings have tended to result in lots of bloodshed, the rich elite being drug into the streets and shot, and the old power structure (to quote Daisy Fitzroy) “ripped up by the roots.”

And by the third timeline, when you’ve got Slate’s men serving as manpower in the revolution, then you’re also mixing in the ranks of disgruntled soldiers, angry over what they view as Comstock taking credit for the blood that they’d shed in Peking and at Wounded Knee. So there’s a lot of resentment and anger that’s fueling this revolution, but very little in the way of enlightened ideals or legitimate gripes. This isn’t a revolution meant to bring about a new government where equality and representation are the law, it’s the wronged dealing out what they consider is justice towards those who wronged them.