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I think we are 50-50 we will have widespread riots before the end of the year. People were already primed for revolution with Black Lives Matter, #meToo, Occupy

• badRNG 6y ago
  While there are genuine issues that BLM and Occupy have organized around, the movements certainly appear largely rudderless. I don't say this to dismiss their position, however if you ask 50 protesters what it would take to bring about the change they would like to see, and you will get 50 different and often contradictory answers. Historically, successful revolutions were organized around a larger structure, a party usually. If these groups of alienated and disaffected people had such organization, they'd almost certainly use it to gain electoral wins, not wage war against the government. Absent such organization, it doesn't seem likely anything other than riots or protests will be accomplished.
  • watwut 6y ago
    > Historically, successful revolutions were organized around a larger structure, a party usually. French revolution was massive confusing clusterfck of fighting parties. The same goes for Russian revolution where there were like five armies fighting against each other. The fall of soviet union was also not about single larger opponent party building power.