Look at all the riot police. (RNC Monday) (Added link to more photos)

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83. Revolution = evolution

Every step of evolutionary adaptation - e.g replacing lawn with organic garden, using bike instead of car - is a revolutionary act. Every step which gives the top of power hierarchy less control over our lives. This revolution has been going on for a long time and growing organically, mostly beneath the radar, as corporate media's attention is self-centered from and towards to top of hierarchy (and shock) - not grass roots basics of life.

Guy loses a job in banking sector and gets evicted from MacMansion, goes to live with relatives or friends and realizes that his life and happiness depends from the community and generosity of people, not from position in power hierarchy. Revolutionary act.

Government forced to reveal it's purely violent nature more clearly from year to year, from Bush Wars to brutality against Occupy movement, is a sign of weakness, not strength. Weakness of losing legitimaty and credibility, hearts and minds. The machinery of violent oppression maintains enormous capability to do harm, and people are becoming more and more anxious and impatient towards getting rid of that capability. But at the same time there is lot of fear and insecurity and ignorance of what is to follow and how to replace and rebuild what they consider valuable and important.

Some seek regime change at the top of the power hierarchy through various means, and that too can be revolutionary act, a step of adaptive evolution. Or it can leave the rigid power hierarchy intact and make it even more oppressive and violent, in which case the lesson is that repetition is the mother of study. Any case evolution of revolution consists of billions and billions of small steps of we the people who talk the talk and walk the walk. And it never ends.