Reply #37: I was referring to a combination of factors: starvation, disease, drought, wars over [View All]

[bertman]

territory, civil wars, repression, pollution.

I'm not as confident as you that those you call the "1 percenters" are only one percent. In addition to that, it's obvious that the elites/overlords have gone to great lengths to surround themselves with those who benefit from and live off of the goods and services that the 1 percenters control, and thus find themselves beholden to them--as well as in the same proverbial boat with them if and when a violent revolution were to take place.

A mass demonstration of thousands can be stopped quickly and effectively by fewer than a hundred well-armed, well-trained police or military personnel. That's been shown to be true hundreds of times. "A whiff of the grape" has persuaded many a revolutionary to reconsider his/her involvement in a potentially suicidal endeavor.

In today's world, the rulers have spent billions of dollars/marks/yen developing ways to deter violent revolutionary tactics. Especially here in Amerika, the sheeple cannot be roused to action even when OUR democracy is stolen from US and We are bludgeoned about the head and shoulders with its bloody, broken carcass.

There are many more ways to stop a revolution than using weaponry. Severing communications and travel routes, and cutting off access to food and water, are all time-tested methods of dissipating the energy of anti-government fervor. Eliminating the heads of the movement is another effective tactic that is used with great effect all over the world.

I am still very hopeful that peaceful protest will help to resolve many of the problems we currently have. Revolutions do not have to be violent.