Quote: (10-25-2013 03:06 PM)thedude3737 Wrote:
The revolution will not come from any OWS bullshit, or civil discussion and debate, or celebrities getting on their soapbox.
The revolution will come the way all true revolutions manifest; in ugly, irrational, violent ways where the majority of the population reaches a tipping point in their dissatisfaction and disgust with their political leaders. The U.S. has done an incredible job of maintaining a police and prison state to ward off peasant uprisings and disgruntled military servicemen and this is no accident. As we move towards a totalitarian state, it doesn't necessarily mean that a true revolution is impossible, but it will be very fucking ugly.
thedude dropping lot of good points in this thread.
It always surprises me just how ignorant people are of history that's not even 100 years old.
As if we haven't seen things get worse with radical actions attempted in the past.
For example:
OR
The Business Plot: