Ex-national security advisor warns inequality could lead to unrest

[DearAbby]

Former National Security Advisor Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Wednesday to discuss how income disparity in the United States could lead to civil unrest.

He said civil unrest was likely if the middle class became more severely affected by America’s growing income disparity and economic troubles.

“I don’t want to be a prophet of doom — and I don’t think we are approaching doom — but I think we’re going to slide into intensified social conflicts, social hostility, some forms of radicalism, there is just going to be a sense that this is not a just society,” Brzezinski said.

He added that the United States had slid into a pattern of “really drastic” social inequality, and that the inequality could only be endured if the whole country was economically successful — which it is not.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/07/ex-national-security-advisor-warns-inequality-could-lead-to-unrest/

[EC]

1. I don't get how his daughter can be so ditzy

when he has such a good brain. I'll bet Scar didn't care for his insight.

[Drale]

2. I would not blink twice if I heard

that a lower class person killed some rich guy.

[Aerows]

3. No shit, Sherlock

He says it like it's some new news LOL. Of course it does!

This was posted earlier. I can't figure out why it hasn't happened yet. Cutting SS and Medicare might just be what does it - we'll see.

[KT2000]

4. that is the history of the world

the US is not different in that respect.

[Newest Reality]

5. We are seeing the

militarization of our police forces.

The military has been preparing for it and there are reports that consider it a potential scenario.

Study: DoD May Act On US Civil Unrest
http://www.military.com/news/article/study-dod-may-act-on-us-civil-unrest.html

Pentagon War Gaming Large Scale Economic Breakdown
http://the-classic-liberal.com/pentagon-war-gaming-large-scale-economic-breakdown/