The Coming Revolt of the Middle Class

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[CodeToad]

If 2020 didn’t get the middle class to revolt then nothing will. They can be entertained for $1,200 and $600/week unemployment.

[Jan_Sobieski]

It’s free if they’re dead.

[systemjim]

Unless the American patriots stop paying federal taxes, this sham will continue.

Are you forgetting that the Fed can print money at will? As long as they can, the supply of money will never run out.

[Ransomed]

“Keep the Plebes comfortable by satisfying all of their needs and enough of their wants. A complacent mob is a subservient one.”

We completely put to shame the romans with our current version of bread and circuses. We did things they couldn’t even imagine, like actually making the poorest people the most likely to be obese. I can’t imagine any prior civil upheaval occurring under or current societal conditions. I suspect everyone is going to be shocked at what will be tolerated as long as folks are fat and entertained as it happens.

Freegards

[Pining_4_TX]

If the author is attempting to blame capitalism, he’s barking up the wrong tree. The fault lies in crony capitalism and government corruption. Wealth inequality is not important. What is important is if everyone has the opportunity to succeed.

Debt slaves enslaved themselves. Nobody holds a gun to your head and forces you to buy anything - house, care, stuff on your credit cards. People can live within their means, they just don’t, nor do they plan for “what if” scenarios such as what if the housing market crashes.

I think a better idea of what has happened and will happened, based on historical precedents is what Samuel T. Francis wrote in 1977 - Revolution is in the Air. You can find it at counter-currents.com, which is a site that I doubt FR approves of.