>> The problem is that the centrist impulse to avoid breaking anything that "works" has been successfully exploited to prevent effective action to address a lar

>> The problem is that the centrist impulse to avoid breaking anything that "works" has been successfully exploited to prevent effective action to address a large number of real problems. At some point, people sense the bullshit and it starts to be rational to pick revolution to escape the trap. > But the statistical likelihood is extremely small. My point is the "statistical likelihood" could be even smaller under the status quo. > You'd have all the baggage from the civil war you triggered and the shocking loss of faith from corrupted revolutionary leadership, etc etc. Also what "revolution" is has a tendency to be redefined downward, but rebutted based on the most hyperbolic versions. > Sensing bullshit doesn't imply that it is rational to start a revolution. The second cleverest kind of trap is the kind that convinces you it's best not escape.