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"... but here in the cradle of social democracy, people are sharpening their axes." People revolt (for real) when they are hungry. I am skeptical that any wel
by rsync 5y ago
"... but here in the cradle of social democracy, people are sharpening their axes."
People revolt (for real) when they are hungry.
I am skeptical that any well-fed, satiated populace will spawn any kind of violent revolution.
So, regardless of the markers of inequality or other drivers of outrage (which certainly exist) I would be loath to predict any kind of violent unrest while everyone has food to put on the table.
They appear to in Scandinavia.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago"I am skeptical that any well-fed, satiated populace will spawn any kind of violent revolution" Relatively well fed people started the american civil war, which is a kind of revolution.
- lowkey_ 5y agoThe war began when they were faced with a threat of being less well-fed (not disregarding the immorality of it all).
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoBy that logic housing shortage or runaway climate change should lead to war?
- lowkey_ 5y agoThere has to be another country-like entity directly causing it for the war to occur. A housing shortage doesn't qualify in that sense, and a revolution (internal war) is unlikely as a result of it because we don't have some tremendous housing shortage where a large population are not well-fed. If we did, maybe so!
- virgilp 5y agoThat's very cynical and not true at all (easy counter-example: France.) Also, revolutions don't need to be violent! I argue it's better if they aren't. The "axes" can be metaphorical too.