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Must have been an awkward position to be in, when you tell the billionaires who pay you to research history for them, that things don’t often work out well for

by settsu 7y ago

Must have been an awkward position to be in, when you tell the billionaires who pay you to research history for them, that things don’t often work out well for them. On a serious note though: • 2017: “Huge Human Inequality Study Hints Revolution is in Store for U.S.” https://www.inverse.com/article/38457-inequality-study-nature-revolution https://www.inverse.com/article/38457-inequality-study-natur... • 2015: “PAUL TUDOR JONES: Income inequality will end in revolution, taxes, or war” https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-tudor-jones-on-inequality-2015-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-tudor-jones-on-inequali... • 2013: “History tells us where the wealth gap leads” https://aeon.co/essays/history-tells-us-where-the-wealth-gap-leads https://aeon.co/essays/history-tells-us-where-the-wealth-gap...

jchanimal 7y ago
Assuming a system reset is inevitable, avoiding war seems like a worthwhile problem to solve.
Bombthecat 7y ago
All those studies base there idea on revolutions long long time ago. Now we have high tech war machines and high tech spying software and machines. Where you needed ten loyal people to keep 100 to not revolt, you now just need 1 to keep 10.000 silent. I think the time for revolution is over.
- astazangasta 7y ago
  Concomitantly the tolerance for abuse has dropped rapidly. It used to be the government was racist and often genocidal, and the public tolerated or participated. Nowadays you cannot shoot and kill some protesters nearly so blithely. The state is armed to the teeth because the fear is greater: the populace also has magnified powers.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  Maybe Skynet is already here.
- throwawayjava 7y ago
  > high tech ... I think the time for revolution is over. Ironically, not even 10 years ago we were having exactly the opposite conversation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
  - icelancer 7y ago
    Not in the country that is relevant to this post.
- travisgriggs 7y ago
  “This time it will be different.” The six most costly words in history.

by settsu 7y ago

jchanimal 7y ago

Assuming a system reset is inevitable, avoiding war seems like a worthwhile problem to solve.

Bombthecat 7y ago

All those studies base there idea on revolutions long long time ago. Now we have high tech war machines and high tech spying software and machines. Where you needed ten loyal people to keep 100 to not revolt, you now just need 1 to keep 10.000 silent. I think the time for revolution is over.

astazangasta 7y ago
Concomitantly the tolerance for abuse has dropped rapidly. It used to be the government was racist and often genocidal, and the public tolerated or participated. Nowadays you cannot shoot and kill some protesters nearly so blithely. The state is armed to the teeth because the fear is greater: the populace also has magnified powers.
pjmlp 7y ago
Maybe Skynet is already here.
throwawayjava 7y ago
> high tech ... I think the time for revolution is over. Ironically, not even 10 years ago we were having exactly the opposite conversation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
- icelancer 7y ago
  Not in the country that is relevant to this post.
travisgriggs 7y ago
“This time it will be different.” The six most costly words in history.