Reverse Emancipation

[salinen]

Could it possibly happen this way? As we slide toward a 2 class system, and the poor are ever more stressed, that the inner cities of America may explode into Egyptian style protests? That's where my thinking goes.

Once the spark of unrest starts in lets say Baltimore, or Detroit, or Cleveland, or Chicago, or LA, that it will spread across the land. It will not be organized, but rather a primal reaction to the inhumanity being displayed by our government and the wealthy that they support. It will be ugly and chaotic and brutal and possibly not televised.

I call it Reverse Emancipation because it may just become a situation where the downtrodden bring about great changes to this corrupt system (our government). I guess this could also be called other names.

[Enrique]

1. we're going to need more prisons n/t

[dkf]

2. Maybe if we get to 40% unemployment...

Yup, that would be dangerous.

[Hydra]

3. We're more than halfway there

But give that fact alone, I think it won't be a number that causes the spark to catch.

I think it will be when reality sinks in. When it's clear there will be no miraculous savior, no prospect of ever getting anywhere, and no say in where we are going.

I suspect it will still not be a violent change. It will probably be a general malaise, a national version of "f*** it, I just work here" like you might find in Mexico or a similar oligarchy.

[customerserviceguy]

4. Are you under the age of 50?

You might want to look up the history of riots in the inner cities from 1965-68, and saw that they got nowhere. Civil rights legislation was already passed by Congress in 1965, and those who were saying, "Burn, baby, burn," were just making other people homeless.