Attempts thus far in history by the wealthy to "manage" the poor have worked reliably only insofar as the poor believed they were OK. Or more properly, the poo

Attempts thus far in history by the wealthy to "manage" the poor have worked reliably only insofar as the poor believed they were OK. Or more properly, the poor were afraid of their own lives getting worse. This is all speaking from an USA citizen's perspective... If the elites had their own act together, they could easily avoid a violent revolution this time around. Get the masses all addicted to some new forms of entertainment, and slowly and carefully take away the means to resist. I mean, that is sort of happening right now, but badly. And the elites in general seem to be, to put it bluntly, dumb as fuck. Most of them are so focused on their own narrow and short-term self-interest, that what they're doing is far from sustainable. Crossing over into the "outright destructive" category. They are failing to think in the long term (i.e. not just "think of the children" in the abstract, but in the specific, "think of my own grandchildren" respect), and failing to pacify the masses effectively. What's the point of being rich if you're not going to be around to enjoy it?