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One simple thing is for sure, if inequality continues to rise, or even just the perception of it, social unrest will follow. At some point, if you want a peacef
by jahaja 6y ago
One simple thing is for sure, if inequality continues to rise, or even just the perception of it, social unrest will follow. At some point, if you want a peaceful and free society, the low-income worker and up needs to feel that they can live a dignified life.
Remember the quote from the Communist Manifesto? "We got nothing to lose but our chains". At the time that was written it was certainly true for most workers, and we know of the revolutionary decades that followed. This perception can certainly take hold again, and there's no reason why revolutionary times wouldn't follow again.
- vosper 6y agoYou're being downvoted, but no-one cares to say why they disagree with you. FWIW, I think you're right that "there's no reason why revolutionary times [c]ouldn't follow again". History is strewn with revolutions, plenty of them (like the Russian revolution) motivated in part, or in whole, by huge issues of inequality. I don't see how anyone can conclude we'll never see another one, or that it won't affect us personally.