tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post399496876975407519..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: thwapstradomusthwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-9419271530950407982013-05-14T07:31:26.980-04:002013-05-14T07:31:26.980-04:00MoS,
I agree 100%. But I watch how most political...MoS,<br /><br />I agree 100%. But I watch how most politically active people in the USA are still wasting their time in the Repugs vs. Dems (with deluded youngsters thinking "libertarianism" is the answer) and I think we're not going to get our act together in time and when we do change it'll be for some simplistic, right-wing, corporate-backed "revolutionary" bullshit, ... and then we'll all die.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-23848184032697108072013-05-14T01:25:46.613-04:002013-05-14T01:25:46.613-04:00You know, Thwap, all things change eventually. At...You know, Thwap, all things change eventually. At some point inequality reaches a critical mass leading to unrest, potentially upheaval. Something has to give whether it's democracy or plutocracy, they simply can't co-exist forever.<br /><br />The Occupy Movement was one of the most prominent demonstrations of that unrest. Some have proclaimed it a failure but it wasn't. It was merely a first chapter in a saga that's yet to unfold. OWM was not defeated, it merely withdrew. All the conditions that gave rise to it are continuing to build and worsening.<br /><br />Before OWM very little attention was paid to inequality in America's major media outlets. Now the topic is front and centre, almost constantly.<br /><br />I hope this all leads to reform instead of upheaval because revolt is inherently messy and history shows very unpredictable.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com