• drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    23 days ago

    If people are sicker and more financially blown up by medical bills they’re far too busy and demoralized to engage in revolution

    The people I would fear the most would be those with nothing to lose.

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      22 days ago

      Which is most of the population at this point. I think this will probably end up being a reminder of the old saying, “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”

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      23 days ago

      That’s a fair point, but how many terminal cancer patients have you seen make headlines for Luigi style acts?

      One of the more interesting points of that odd but good Stewart podcast in which he, a historian who studies revolutions, and the writer of Andor discussed re revolutions is how often things don’t happen even when all the formulaic boxes are checked. There is a list, a recipe, for revolution, but even when all the ingredients are there; it often fizzles.

      Same thing regarding what you’re saying, I think.