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Richer folks also tent to study more and have say more options to expand their mind to various views, cultures and places. Far harder to manipulate/outright bra

Richer folks also tent to study more and have say more options to expand their mind to various views, cultures and places. Far harder to manipulate/outright brainwash those into some patriotic bullshit about defending your home from those evil bad guys. Unless you force drafts with hard punishments for those avoiding of course, but such an army would have very low morale not only these days.

8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y ago
I guess you aren't in the US because we're possibly at the early stages of a civil war led by a brainwashed bourgeoisie.
- bluGill 6y ago
  Both sides have their extremists. The media loves to make them seem worse than they are. That doesn't make them significant. Of course time will tell.
- FooHentai 6y ago
  Enabled, I would say at a more fundamental level, by an erosion of the middle class. Note the election rhetoric for several iterations now has focused on promising improvements in prosperity for the common man. Nothing new of course, but the subsequent inaction and worsening of the situation by the time the next election cycle rolls around just leads to the rhetoric intensifying and a populace increasingly willing to elect whomever makes the most outlandish promises.
- foxyv 6y ago
  A conflict large enough to be classified as a civil war would require a great deal more organization than has occurred so far. At best it was a halfhearted coup attempt by a small group of nothing to lose hysterics under cover of a protest. Not much of a plan other than to cause trouble and maybe kill a target of opportunity. Now if, for instance, a group of state legislatures and governors decided to meet and elect Trump as president of their own collective splinter nation I would say we'll have ourselves a "Civil War." Though how long it would last is hard to say.
jjk166 6y ago
There's a reason why the draft let people pay someone else to take their place - if the wealthy thought they would find themselves in the trenches too then we would never send forces overseas.
captainredbeard 6y ago
It's an inversion of history, in some ways, as typically the elite were responsible for much of the fighting and defense of the land (e.g. Medieval England).

8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y ago

I guess you aren't in the US because we're possibly at the early stages of a civil war led by a brainwashed bourgeoisie.

bluGill 6y ago
Both sides have their extremists. The media loves to make them seem worse than they are. That doesn't make them significant. Of course time will tell.
FooHentai 6y ago
Enabled, I would say at a more fundamental level, by an erosion of the middle class. Note the election rhetoric for several iterations now has focused on promising improvements in prosperity for the common man. Nothing new of course, but the subsequent inaction and worsening of the situation by the time the next election cycle rolls around just leads to the rhetoric intensifying and a populace increasingly willing to elect whomever makes the most outlandish promises.
foxyv 6y ago
A conflict large enough to be classified as a civil war would require a great deal more organization than has occurred so far. At best it was a halfhearted coup attempt by a small group of nothing to lose hysterics under cover of a protest. Not much of a plan other than to cause trouble and maybe kill a target of opportunity. Now if, for instance, a group of state legislatures and governors decided to meet and elect Trump as president of their own collective splinter nation I would say we'll have ourselves a "Civil War." Though how long it would last is hard to say.

jjk166 6y ago

There's a reason why the draft let people pay someone else to take their place - if the wealthy thought they would find themselves in the trenches too then we would never send forces overseas.

captainredbeard 6y ago

It's an inversion of history, in some ways, as typically the elite were responsible for much of the fighting and defense of the land (e.g. Medieval England).