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In reply to the discussion: What will the "revolution" look like when people have had enough? [View all]snooper2
(30,151 posts)143. Francis will Lead the REVOLUTION! YOU PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS COMING!
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"It'll be over before the the powers that be have decided on their talking points."
polichick
Apr 2014
#17
"the biggest legacy of Occupy: an emerging technically-savvy global resistance."
polichick
Apr 2014
#64
I see it as a continuation of the "unfinished acheivements and ideals" of the 60's & 70's
KoKo
Apr 2014
#193
Unfortunately, since there is no mass, organized working-class political movement in the US...
YoungDemCA
Apr 2014
#2
I'm afraid that at this point - a right-wing revolution is more probable than a left-wing revolution
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2014
#7
Doing genealogy I remember reading about the Bacon revolution and thinking we needed someone
jwirr
Apr 2014
#49
I'm 90 percent certain that if there is ever a violent revolution, it will come from the right
theboss
Apr 2014
#16
The U.S. military is not like that of other, small countries. Nor is it of one mind.
randome
Apr 2014
#33
Exactly! "The middle & lower class Left and Right--have a lot more in common with
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#110
"TPTB will laugh at the teabaggers as they take their anger & frustrations...
polichick
Apr 2014
#48
We will continue to decline in power and go broke trying to retain it.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2014
#45
Yes, there is a lot to be said for this! We continue to stretch this nation financially,
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#113
TPTB really, truly, don't want us to believe that vital change is coming, or even possible.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#46
People will stop participating in our corrupt economy, build lives outside it
Corruption Inc
Apr 2014
#56
investment in art is largely a wealthy person thing, and young people have always built support
JI7
Apr 2014
#165
WE did that TOO..in early 70's ...(craft groups..not buying Crap..giving our kids REAL Imaginative
KoKo
Apr 2014
#203
there isn't going to be any reovlution, even the people who talk about it only go so far as internet
JI7
Apr 2014
#68
LOL. Revolution? In the age of Instagram, Flappy Bird, Candy Crush, and selfies?
Nye Bevan
Apr 2014
#69
"The myth of historical progression makes us feel good, but it is still a myth." Not at all.
AverageJoe90
Apr 2014
#97
talking about spilling blood is not a part of your "fantasy" revolution?
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#129
No...they are the mushy middle...they don't pay attention until the end and they are
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#190
Good point about the technology "doers" - that's the critical piece, the part...
polichick
Apr 2014
#134
A slow revolution has be percolating through our system for some time...
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2014
#118
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Apr 2014
#127
nothing will happen until the rank and file teabaggers realize they've been had.
hobbit709
Apr 2014
#157
so it looks like you need something horrible to happen for their to be a revolution
JI7
Apr 2014
#162
I suspect not all, but my reaction was that seems where these feelings of dread stem from.
Jefferson23
Apr 2014
#196
Overwhelmed, yes and agreed, many don't see it yet..which is understandable. n/t
Jefferson23
Apr 2014
#200
That is the gruesome scenario that some of the Middle Eastern Countries are living through.
KoKo
Apr 2014
#206
This thread is revealing about the deeply held institutional conservatism...
YoungDemCA
Apr 2014
#168
Most people will go on believing (with varying degrees of hope and despair) that no revolution
winter is coming
Apr 2014
#180
Thank you. 'Course I post here hoping that the needed "populist uprising"...
polichick
Apr 2014
#210
A year later, we're beginning to see what the "revolution" will look like...
polichick
May 2015
#211