“Has there ever been some kind of impactful civil conflict where the poorest people are as comfortable and healthy as ours?”
Perhaps not. What I think may be developing, however, is not a civil conflict launched by the poorest but by the middle class (which is shrinking and struggling and seems to be figuring out it is getting soaked). Can a middle class revolt work when it is simultaneously fighting the rich (the elites), the poor (who are the plantation hirelings of the elite) and the governmental structure (military, police, gov’t depts, etc.)?
It’s a huge question mark as far as I can see. We had wealthy guys being leaders for just causes, but they always had many more poor folks who were down with the cause or general injustice to field against whoever in the conflict.
Our middle class is way beyond wealthy if you look at the general standard throughout recorded history. But the poor are also wealthy if you look at it in that context maybe. I’m not sure ‘willing to die for this’ will translate if everyone is actually wealthy. I don’t think it has ever happened maybe. But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t.
Freegards