[quote=joec]I think for what will happen to the US, we can just look towards Europe. Spain has like 50% unemployment for youth and 25% for everyone else. I think anytime in history the disparity is very large, people will just “take” and move towards violence.
Like tons of youths burning street full of cars in France, etc…more and more will happen if the poor/destitute feel they have no way out.
Like Sun Tzu’s book, you don’t want an enemy that feels like they have nothing to lose. Society is far better if people have some positive view to works towards a better future.
The rich can say lets just gun them all down and lock them all up, but the problem is there are too many poor folks with guns and a ton more of “them”, you’d run out of bullets seriously before putting a dent in any of them.
Add in the corrupt cop who isn’t “rich” and good luck trying to maintain order.[/quote]
The bolded part is especially true when the poverty-stricken masses believe (usually correctly) that their plight is a direct result of the actions of the powerful and wealthy. They understand that the control of resources is basically zero-sum, and what the wealthy gain is because the workers and the poor have lost it — usually by force or a deliberate attempt by the wealthy to block any other options available to the working masses.
I don’t think anyone truly believes that the wealthy today are so much richer and more powerful than the average person because the wealthy person is so much more “exceptional.” People understand that the game has been rigged against those who work for a living…or want to work, but can’t find a job because all of the good jobs have been off-shored, or cheap labor has been brought in at the expense of workers and other taxpayers.
