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> they will want change by force at no time has there been a good outcome from which this change made. The people who applied the force merely swapped with th
by chii 2y ago
> they will want change by force
at no time has there been a good outcome from which this change made.
The people who applied the force merely swapped with those who had wealth. Essentially, they wanted the wealth, and co-opted the masses to enable themselves.
What we have today is relatively good. Just because you see some billionaire who have more yachts than you could ever hope to own, doesn't mean you aren't living a good life. At least the french revolution was in part about lack of food and starvation. I dont see america starving.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago> doesn't mean you aren't living a good life. unless you're in the bottom 50% > I dont see america starving. True, but starvation is a pretty low bar; obesity and all the related health problems due to an unhealthy diet (because garbage is the cheapest food and what the bottom 50% can afford in the US) is the modern version of starvation
- nosianu 2y ago> I dont see america starving. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hunger-us-continued-multi-year-rise-2023-says-farm-agency-report-2024-09-04/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hunger-us-continued-multi-y... > Hunger reached its highest point in the United States in nearly a decade last year, with 18 million households, or 13.5%, struggling at some point to secure enough food, a Department of Agriculture report released on Wednesday said. https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/fo... https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america I mean, sure, they are not "staring", it's only hunger...