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My favorite revolutions in history have occurred when there is a mismatch between rising expectations and a grim lagging reality. Millennials were raised to ha
by nugget 8y ago
My favorite revolutions in history have occurred when there is a mismatch between rising expectations and a grim lagging reality. Millennials were raised to have higher expectations than perhaps any other generation before them, and yet most of them feel like the reality of day to day life is headed in the opposite direction. We'll see what happens but the ingredients historically necessary for domestic revolution are certainly present.
- cimmanom 8y agoWhat are some of those historical examples?
- nugget 8y agoThe French Revolution of 1789 is one example, for which there's some evidence that it was the less successful members of the Bourgeoisie (middle class) that led the initial outburst of violence. My understanding is that they weren't particularly starving or oppressed, at least in historical terms, but more so dissatisfied at how society was structured relative to their expectations of how it could or should be structured.