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There's another option to those who are hungry and suffering. Perhaps you should read up on the French Revolution. There's a rational self-interest argument to
by locopati 11y ago
There's another option to those who are hungry and suffering. Perhaps you should read up on the French Revolution. There's a rational self-interest argument to helping other people so that they do not reach levels of desperation where violence is a reasonable alternative.
- barry-cotter 11y agoThat's a terrible argument. If you're in a position of power over a hostile population you should preemptively destroy their capacity to harm you. There's a reason the French revolution happened during an economic contraction after a long period of growth. Same deal in Russia with its revolution. The revolution is always lead by people who see themselves as being on the verge of losing something they had a tenuous grasp of. People who are hungry and suffering don't revolt. They starve. The ambitious gentry and clerisy who see themselves sliding down the social ladder attempt to revolt and are usually crushed. Anyone who is hungry and suffering is incapable of organising enough to be a threat to any military or paramilitary organisation. Are there any successful slave revolts besides Haiti, ever?