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>People absolutely will raise pitchforks when they no longer have housing or food. No they won't, they'll sell the pitchforks so they can buy their next meal a
by Qwertious 9y ago
>People absolutely will raise pitchforks when they no longer have housing or food.
No they won't, they'll sell the pitchforks so they can buy their next meal and a particularly roomy cardboard box.
- mywittyname 9y agoModern history suggests there will be riots. See: Arab Spring, Mexican Tortilla Riots, the current and ongoing riots in Venezuela, etc. Since 2007, some dozen or more countries have suffered from riots caused by famine and rising food prices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_world_food_price_crisis#Unrest_and_government_actions_in_individual_countries_and_regions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_world_food_pri... The US is lucky enough to be somewhat insulated from these by virtue of being rich. But we can't guarantee that will always be the case.