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In reply to the discussion: What will the "revolution" look like when people have had enough? [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)It started circa '09 when Obama was elected. Our own "Velvet Revolution", if we may call it that, is still down the road for a while. People are upset but the tipping point has not yet been reached, and TCPTB(the Criminal powers that be, i.e. the Koch Bros.) are desperately trying to do as much damage as they can before their downfall(including by convincing Democrats that we can't win, that we can't change things for the better, etc., by manipulating discussion about climate change, both by pandering to deniers and by pushing "we are doomed. we cannot stop global warming.", doomer agitprop, etc.). And I am afraid that there's a strong possibility that the extremist rightist violence we've seen so far, may become far worse over the next decade, as the Teabaggers and their ilk realize that their influence on society is slipping away for good; and then there's the matter of when oil production finally does peak, or China's economy implodes. So yeah, things aren't going to be all rosy, that's for sure.
But history has shown, over and over again, that progress does eventually inevitably happen for the better. We should continue to work to speed the process however we can, both as individuals and as a whole.