RE: A Government of the People, Not Necessarily by the People
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The US has avoided revolution through complete luck at least once in modern history. The workers movement gained a lot of steam in the US after the Russian Revolution. Communism was very popular and very very attracted to a repressed American working class. FDR and the democrats did a lot to appease this anger. I believe we never would have gotten the New Deal without it. And of course the war really brought us together and combined with the New Deal ended the threat of revolution and united us.
Now we're getting close again...
JFK once said "If you make peaceful evolution, impossible, you make revolution inevitable." Unfortunately, the rich and powerful never learn this lesson. They look at history, they look at the French Revolution, and they say "It will be different this time. The poor will never turn against us like that." But these things always turn out the same eventually, as history has shown again and again.
Didn't know Kennedy said that.
We have to take a long lens and look at history if we want to understand what is happening. It's so clear if we look through that lens.
Every time I read feedback from someone like you (who understands), I am encouraged. Maybe enough people will do something, say something, make a bit of a fuss before it's too late and before things have gone too far.
Thanks very much for the comment
I hope so. I'm too old and not nearly charismatic enough to lead any counter movements, but I try to inform to people who will listen. Partisanship these days means most people don't want to listen, and that is especially true of the right side, but I keep trying as I can.
I hope for the best. Keep making your posts on the matter!