2016 Postmortem
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(4,835 posts)I remember all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth during the Reagan Administration, but when the economy got moving, not enough people had enough time and support to continue fighting.
Sure, plenty of people were (and are) still upset, but if everyone is busy working and making good money, they aren't as motivated to try and force change.
There are a lot of changes that still need to happen, but if a big infrastructure spending bill passed and the economy kicked into high gear (and take home pay increased even a small amount) enough people would have good paying jobs, why bother with a revolution.
When the computer industry really took off in the 90's, all of the other issues that still exist even today fell by the wayside, simply because you either have time to lead your life, or time to fight 'the man'.
Most people are content with living well themselves, they don't care that much about society as a whole if they, themselves are doing ok.
Look at all the passion that was wrapped up in both the tea party and occupy movements, where is that passion now? Some people are still passionate about it, but mostly the 'movements' are historical events without much activity except a small percentage of folks.
People get wrapped up in emotion about politics, but the reality is that too many just want THEIR life to improve and when that happens, they don't have time to continue fighting the good fight.