Drastic changes are coming soon. Great inequality leads to great unrest.Our track record on dealing with big changes is pretty bad. When inequality spirals out of control, like it is now, people revolt. It gets ugly, very ugly. I don't see why the powers that be are ignoring all the warning signs. If I was a card carrying member of the elite, I'd want people's basic needs to be met in order to maintain the status quo and my comfy place in the scheme of things. I'm still a powerful rich dude, and people are basically happy, or at least content. It seems like whoever runs things is very reckless, selfish and short-sighted. Austerity, lack of healthcare, high youth unemployment, decreasing wages all to make the filthy rich even richer will not end well. It never does. It always ends badly for the blind elite. They seem to be blinded by their own narratives of superiority. Talk about a bunch of entitled feeling people, enough to make the most savvy welfare queen blush. After all, they see themselves as "job creators." Hint, it has more to do with demand. They ignore science to make money. They fail to see the unnecessary suffering of others, countless others. (yeah, they may stroke a sizable check from time to time while leaving existing structural violence firmly in place.) I will not venture a guess on how they see the rest of humanity or how they sleep. If history counts for anything, we are on a bad track.
People are starting to respond. There are revolutionary movements popping up here and there. Despite starting off peaceful, a number of these have turned to violence. I think Syria has been violent all along. Here in the USA, things seem pretty stable. But unless there's a major change in Washington, this will soon no longer be the case. It cannot. If enough people are forced into poverty and destitution, rebelling will become the only means of survival that no amount of crumbs (cutting Food stamps??) and circus (NFL, NHL NBA and never-ending TV) can stop. Add to this mix all the guns here. That's a huge pucker factor, even for Mad Max. We need the kind of change that the current corporate financed duopoly is incapable of. Make no mistake my friends, the Democrats are brought to you by the same people who bring you the Republicans. BOTH parties are puppets of the Neoliberal System we have been living under for the last few decades. If you are unfamiliar with Neoliberalism, follow the link and google it yourself. Yeah, yeah "soon" is subjective. I broke my crystal ball right after the NFC championship. I don't think one is needed to see what we are in for. History has plenty of examples. And this guy is getting nervous. It's too bad he misses the point of Occupy, and other movements.
Can change be brought about through peaceful means? Yes. Will it? Probably not. We'll save this for next time.
