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This is a lot like the Gilded Age in the US back in the late 1800s, early 1900s. You had massive political polarization, like today, massive income inequality,
by jdlyga 6y ago
This is a lot like the Gilded Age in the US back in the late 1800s, early 1900s. You had massive political polarization, like today, massive income inequality, and industry that was controlled by a few large companies. It eventually boiled over and led to a large progressive movement.
- Server6 6y agoYeah. And a great depression and two world wars. We need to avoid this if at all possible.
- ffggvv 6y agoto be fair both wars were started in europe
- teorema 6y agoThose progressive movements are critical to emphasize, underlying the renaissance of the current era, but they also came with violent upheaval. In many ways, the world wars were one long conflict over those movements and their competitors, followed by a long period of residual conflicts in the form of the Cold War, Korean War and conflicts, Mideast politics, and many other things. What that portends for the future is difficult to say, as this could all swing the other way very rapidly. However, it's hard not to see data like what's presented in this paper, combined with things like inequality and the global displaced persons crisis, and not conclude that something significant is coming worldwide.