As long as most people have enough food, a house that keeps them reasonably comfortable and a car that runs, we aren’t going to have any kind of a revolution, because they have lives that occupy their time. However, the middle class is shrinking, a larger and larger percentage of the money is going to the 1%ers, and if that continues, there will be a point where there aren’t enough of them to kill all of us before we kill them.
All bottom up.“America never had a revolution. the same people who were, in fact, in power before the ‘revolution’, were the same people who were in power after the ‘revolution’. Hence, no revolution.
^the british may have THOUGHT they were in charge, but they were in fact NOT. they were essentially an occupying force. the ‘founding fathers’ were wealthy, powerful and in control, before and after the so-called revolution.
no need to get nasty jeff. The british were across an ocean, only accessible by square rigged sailing vessels and poor communications. your ‘percentage’ of loyalists/rebellious/neutrals may have come from a textbook, but the fact of the matter is who was willing to fight and die for a ‘cause’?for example the boston ‘massacre’ only killed a handful of people (and was staged). The loyalists and neutrals weren’t willing to fight.plain and simple, the british couldn’t hold onto what they really didn’t own, didn’t have the power/force/communications.the only thing that was ‘overturned’ in the American ‘revolution’ was an extremely remote taxing authority.probably the hardest thing about ‘revolution’ was to get the constitution ratified, as very few of the citizens really gave a rats ass about it. Much like the US elections today.
"As for “remote taxing authority” I would suggest you study American history and perhaps read Washington’s response to the Whiskey Rebellion and attempt to understand the period of time under the Articles of Confederation. You seem to have some huge gaps in your class based revisionism perspective given there was no “Constitution” as we see it today, it was the Articles of Confederation which were later thrown out and rewritten in 1791 while the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. Do the math"I have an advanced degree (masters) in the subject. But your mind is closed and i have no need to open it.
Our hatred for the rich is a dangerous thing that Politicians are happy to take advantage of. The top 1% pay about forty percent of the taxes. What would our quality of life be without them. We drive on the roads they pay for. We are protected by the police and fire departments that they, in large part, pay for. We work at the jobs they provide, though we may not believe we are being paid what we are worth.If you don’t like rich people, go get a job from a poor person. If we realy want to be angry at the top 1%, how about those on capitol hill who feel that it is our responsibility to keep them wealthy now and for the rest of their lives.
churchillwasright: Occupy is still active. Like the Green Party, clean energy, and honest politicians, the corporate media is not permitted to mention them.
STLDan over 10 years ago
Do you even know what the word racist mean? Apparently not, dont know why I asked…
texan1972 over 10 years ago
they have just about as much control as the people
pirate227 over 10 years ago
It makes me smile seeing these misguided 99%’ers defending the 1%. Now go and graze on that grass you good little sheeple.
Diane Lee Premium Member over 10 years ago
As long as most people have enough food, a house that keeps them reasonably comfortable and a car that runs, we aren’t going to have any kind of a revolution, because they have lives that occupy their time. However, the middle class is shrinking, a larger and larger percentage of the money is going to the 1%ers, and if that continues, there will be a point where there aren’t enough of them to kill all of us before we kill them.
dannysixpack over 10 years ago
@"DrCanuck said, 3 days ago
@Bruce4671
^ Yup, the only revolution in the world’s history was American.
(good grief. THAT’S naive. And downright ignorant.)France, 1789. Russia, 1917. Argentina, 1945. Cuba, 1959. Czechoslovakia, 1968…..All bottom up.“America never had a revolution. the same people who were, in fact, in power before the ‘revolution’, were the same people who were in power after the ‘revolution’. Hence, no revolution.
dannysixpack over 10 years ago
^the british may have THOUGHT they were in charge, but they were in fact NOT. they were essentially an occupying force. the ‘founding fathers’ were wealthy, powerful and in control, before and after the so-called revolution.
dannysixpack over 10 years ago
no need to get nasty jeff. The british were across an ocean, only accessible by square rigged sailing vessels and poor communications. your ‘percentage’ of loyalists/rebellious/neutrals may have come from a textbook, but the fact of the matter is who was willing to fight and die for a ‘cause’?for example the boston ‘massacre’ only killed a handful of people (and was staged). The loyalists and neutrals weren’t willing to fight.plain and simple, the british couldn’t hold onto what they really didn’t own, didn’t have the power/force/communications.the only thing that was ‘overturned’ in the American ‘revolution’ was an extremely remote taxing authority.probably the hardest thing about ‘revolution’ was to get the constitution ratified, as very few of the citizens really gave a rats ass about it. Much like the US elections today.
dannysixpack over 10 years ago
Jeff Kiser said, about 5 hours ago
"As for “remote taxing authority” I would suggest you study American history and perhaps read Washington’s response to the Whiskey Rebellion and attempt to understand the period of time under the Articles of Confederation. You seem to have some huge gaps in your class based revisionism perspective given there was no “Constitution” as we see it today, it was the Articles of Confederation which were later thrown out and rewritten in 1791 while the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. Do the math"I have an advanced degree (masters) in the subject. But your mind is closed and i have no need to open it.
Brutatowski over 10 years ago
Our hatred for the rich is a dangerous thing that Politicians are happy to take advantage of. The top 1% pay about forty percent of the taxes. What would our quality of life be without them. We drive on the roads they pay for. We are protected by the police and fire departments that they, in large part, pay for. We work at the jobs they provide, though we may not believe we are being paid what we are worth.If you don’t like rich people, go get a job from a poor person. If we realy want to be angry at the top 1%, how about those on capitol hill who feel that it is our responsibility to keep them wealthy now and for the rest of their lives.
hippogriff over 10 years ago
churchillwasright: Occupy is still active. Like the Green Party, clean energy, and honest politicians, the corporate media is not permitted to mention them.