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> We start to see unrest and/or riots against "the rich" because there are no jobs, and people are being evicted I am surprised this has not already happened.
by otikik 1y ago
> We start to see unrest and/or riots against "the rich" because there are no jobs, and people are being evicted
I am surprised this has not already happened. The combination of rampant inequality and lax gun laws (in some states) is very explosive.
- hungryhobbit 1y agoThe rich have been very effective at convincing the poor to use those guns against each other (and scientists) instead of the people responsible for their poverty.
- dingnuts 1y agothe gun laws are stricter in the States with more inequality
- dalyons 1y agoA trivial google shows thats wrong, it doesn’t look to be a strong correlation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_income_inequality https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_terr...
- hyperliner 1y ago[dead]
- lif 1y agogood old 'panem et circensis' at work: we're never had more effective 'circensis' (Tiktok, video-games, etc.) the 'panem' part? yeah, that might be a problem, given (further) inflation
- lossolo 1y agoIt’s a cycle that is always interrupted by war or revolution. The wealthy in the US do not understand what a revolution is, they believe that laws written on paper are as unbreakable as the laws of physics. Laws only function when the vast majority of society agrees to abide by them. Once people have nothing left to lose, it will be too late.