Here's when Americans will rise up and take to the streets:

[cali]

When there are food shortages

When they don't have cable TV

When unemployment is over 25%

When Disney World locks its gates

In other words, it won't happen until there's widespread economic disaster.


It'll likely happen then.

But not a moment before.

[Hawkowl]

1. Bread and Circuses

As long as the people are fed and entertained cheaply, people won't rise up. It was true for the Romans, and it is still true to this day.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. I just used the exact same metaphor.

:thumbsup:

[MrMickeysMom]

24. I'll second that...

Look at the shiny object, as they say...

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Bet you are right...when the masses can no longer afford cable, they will finally revolt.

If there is no bread and circus, they will finally hit the streets with torches and pitchforks.

How pathetic is that?

[DJ13]

4. ...when the masses can no longer afford cable, they will finally revolt.

Comcast must be an agitator then, since the bastards continue raising rates even as they've lost large numbers of customers due to their existing high rates.

[arcane1]

5. Or when American Idol is canceled n/t

[creon]

6. I suggest

I suggest that you begin to hope that sort of thing does not occur.

Unless you think that "the worse the better" is the way to go.

If it does, you may not be celebrating the outcome.

[cali]

9. uh, i suggest you familiarize yourself with my positions.

and learn not to project.

[creon]

15. I am not

spare me the psychologizing.

people do not want any of that to take place. It would get very ugly if it did.

[cali]

19. duh.

cre.... would be a more appropriate nom de plume for you. I suggest you fucking familiarize yourself with what I've written on the subject.

[Marr]

14. Since when does "hoping" change reality?

Do you steer clear of certain comments out of fear that saying them will make them come true, too?

[creon]

16. Hope?

Such events would have a bad outcome.

[abelenkpe]

7. Remember those rolling blackouts in CA?

Funny thing was blocks would be out of power, no cable, no internet and it was hot out. Too hot to stay inside so people in my neighborhood would go outside, find some shade and....talk to each other. Everyone was mad at the power companies and the government for not intervening on behalf of the people without electricity. It all went away when the power came back on but if I were in a position of power I wouldn't want something like that to last more than an hour or so on a hot day in CA. An entire day without media to pacify and divide us would be really dangerous....

Probably never happen though. Cause we fixed our infrastructure right?

:)

[arcane1]

11. And the sad result of that was:

We recalled Davis and elected the governator :evilfrown:

[tcaudilllg]

8. Been there, done that... GD, remember? Nothing happened.

Hell, Dems didn't even keep congressional majorities the whole time.

[Poboy]

10. I concur. -nt

[monmouth]

12. Touch my Social Security check and I will be responsible..LOL...n/t

[apocalypsehow]

13. Kick, Rec. n/t.

[leftstreet]

17. Ya want people in the streets? Make gas $15 a gallon. Tomorrow

And that's not a put down, just reality.

It's the lifeblood of the economy

[malaise]

18. Wrong

With 20 minutes of their cell phones not working. :evilgrin:

[leveymg]

20. By then, it'll be too late. It already is.

The transnational elites won, regular Americans lost, this day in December, 2010.

Lower the tattered flag, fold it gently, and bury it. Say a prayer. It's going to be a long, cold night.

[jillan]

21. I think it will be when they cut social security and medicare.

In other words - people will be out in the streets very soon.

[snooper2]

22. Also

when they can't tweet...

when there is no coffee...

when Tupac comes back and tells us to...

and., when Justin Bieber dies










Okay, so I made up the last one :rofl:

[KillCapitalism]

23. It'll happen when Glenn Beck mysteriously goes off the air.

People will conclude that "Spooky Dude" whacked him and that the food riots are going to begin.

[AsahinaKimi]

25. I think Glenn Beck going Mysterioulsy off the air

Would be a blessing :shrug:

[Leftist Agitator]

26. Here's when Americans will rise up and take to the streets:

Never.