Has there ever been a civil war while the poorest people are the most likely to be obese and are the most entertained poor people ever? I guess you could say there is a first time for everything, because those things have never happened before either. Hard for me to imagine though, at least while these conditions persist.
I also think the folks who care about culture and politics (on either side) usually vastly overestimate the number of people who care as much as they do. And with social media and the 24 hour news seems like it’s worse than ever. On the other hand, supposedly for many civil wars relatively small minorities were involved, so who knows. You would think more would simply deign to vote before taking it to the streets or whatever.
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” On the other hand, supposedly for many civil wars relatively small minorities were involved, so who knows.”
The American Revolution only had a small percentage of enthusiastic support among most people.
You say that the ones who really care are small in number, and that is true. People who DON’T care never change anything. People who do care do and can.
It’s not entirely about numbers.
“vastly overestimate the number of people who care as much as they do”
I’ve long been intrigued with the number of people who just go about their daily business regardless of how bad things are (at least, insofar as history will deem those times really bad). Tyrants need subjects; subjects need food/water/shelter ... so long as both are satiated, they’ll maintain the status quo. Very few will actually revolt, or facilitate revolution.
“You would think more would simply deign to vote before taking it to the streets or whatever.”
We’ve been voting, and merely yelling at each other, for a loooong time.
We’re still peaceful (on the whole). Violent incidents are brief & isolated, taking up little more than a few city blocks until breakfast.
I do expect there will be an incident which crosses the line. Little idea what, but something that will inspire “it’s time” for a critical mass. Current theory: consider how the DC Sniper and Boston Marathon Bombing incidents practically shut down the cities ... now combine the public hiding in the latter, with the military presence of the former, multiplied by (say) 2 per state. Not sure which side would really make the first move, but just 100 independent individuals entering open warfare would really start a conflagration (and I mean in a bad way). Most citizens would be merely onlookers, glued to their TVs and Cheetos.
BTW: the title of this thread/article is absurd. Talk has been about that subject for decades; we’re just reaching a level of conversational intolerance I’ve not seen (culminating in AOC’s “we’re in control”, “enemies list”, and “proposal to take over practically all aspects of society” - with lots of popular & political leadership support).
“You would think more would simply deign to vote before taking it to the streets or whatever.”
As evidenced in past elections, it’s been proven that the democrats have corrupted the ballot box. Now the fever pitch to corrupt the Electoral College before 2020 comes around.