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there are a lot of posters here who seem to be border line sociopaths, so maybe another thing they should conaider is that when inequality increases to much th

there are a lot of posters here who seem to be border line sociopaths, so maybe another thing they should conaider is that when inequality increases to much the proletariat will tend to kill the elite. nobody wins if we get there and there are signs we are headed there.

Bakary 9y ago
How do you kill the elite if they have advanced weaponry and can monitor all communications? What happens if they have no use for servants or consumers by virtue of having automated all their production needs? This scenario may sound extreme but it's certainly not implausible.
- jessaustin 9y ago
  This reminds me of a passage in a web serial I read the other day [0]: “Because, if you’re honest with yourself, if you step away and look at what this world is and what it’s becoming… we’re really not far from a reality where everyone is condemned to the pits. Everyone is lost. Maybe not this generation. Maybe not the next. But surely, somehow, if you cherish anyone, anything, any legacy at all, you can’t let them win, destroy it all, and erect some… mockery in its place. Rewritten history, modified, subjugated, and broken people.” [0] https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/crown-of-thorns-20-9/ https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/crown-of-thorns-...
- gremlinsinc 9y ago
  This is why Trump is arming police force with military grade weapons--to protect the elite should the lower classes rise up.... That and he's using racism to divide and conquer us--make us hate and fight ourselves poor/middle class vs poor/middleclass -- if we're too busy infighting we'll never join forces and rise up against the elites...
  - ux-app 9y ago
    the police force is part of the proletariat. Those guns aren't going to be pointing the direction Trump wants for too long.
    - jessaustin 9y ago
      This is why the institutional racism is so important. Shooting innocent people is difficult if one hasn't already alienated himself from those people. If he has, it's easier.
  - taneq 9y ago
    The militarization of the U.S. police force has been going on for decades.
- chewz 9y ago
  Start new religion. Few sermons, overturning few tables in a temple and provoking violent retribution. Chance that elite will reorient it's aspirations from militarism into monasticism and the evil empire will be a toast. Organize a small band of hardened cadres and wait for your opportunity. Major war not going as well as planned or other crisis, few million frustrated citizens with arms and your small cadre have a chance to take over largest country on Earth. Combine both - thirty years of exhausting war plus new religion and you can take over everything from Afghanistan to Morocco in just few years. Refuse violence and keep repeating your arguments despite oppression - it might take shorter then you think - like British leaving India or Soviet Union leaving Central Europe and Central Asia. Just few examples of impossible and unthinkable happening.

Bakary 9y ago

How do you kill the elite if they have advanced weaponry and can monitor all communications? What happens if they have no use for servants or consumers by virtue of having automated all their production needs? This scenario may sound extreme but it's certainly not implausible.

jessaustin 9y ago
This reminds me of a passage in a web serial I read the other day [0]: “Because, if you’re honest with yourself, if you step away and look at what this world is and what it’s becoming… we’re really not far from a reality where everyone is condemned to the pits. Everyone is lost. Maybe not this generation. Maybe not the next. But surely, somehow, if you cherish anyone, anything, any legacy at all, you can’t let them win, destroy it all, and erect some… mockery in its place. Rewritten history, modified, subjugated, and broken people.” [0] https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/crown-of-thorns-20-9/ https://twigserial.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/crown-of-thorns-...
gremlinsinc 9y ago
This is why Trump is arming police force with military grade weapons--to protect the elite should the lower classes rise up.... That and he's using racism to divide and conquer us--make us hate and fight ourselves poor/middle class vs poor/middleclass -- if we're too busy infighting we'll never join forces and rise up against the elites...
- ux-app 9y ago
  the police force is part of the proletariat. Those guns aren't going to be pointing the direction Trump wants for too long.
  - jessaustin 9y ago
    This is why the institutional racism is so important. Shooting innocent people is difficult if one hasn't already alienated himself from those people. If he has, it's easier.
- taneq 9y ago
  The militarization of the U.S. police force has been going on for decades.
chewz 9y ago
Start new religion. Few sermons, overturning few tables in a temple and provoking violent retribution. Chance that elite will reorient it's aspirations from militarism into monasticism and the evil empire will be a toast. Organize a small band of hardened cadres and wait for your opportunity. Major war not going as well as planned or other crisis, few million frustrated citizens with arms and your small cadre have a chance to take over largest country on Earth. Combine both - thirty years of exhausting war plus new religion and you can take over everything from Afghanistan to Morocco in just few years. Refuse violence and keep repeating your arguments despite oppression - it might take shorter then you think - like British leaving India or Soviet Union leaving Central Europe and Central Asia. Just few examples of impossible and unthinkable happening.