If "class warfare" turned literal/extreme...

[FallenHero]

The rich are powerful but few in number, the poor are relatively numerous but incapable and largely stupid. The middle class is intelligent and collectively very capable, but is largely complacent for the moment. If for some reason the middle class was united, they'd own.

The silent majority will never unite until its so dire thats is probably too late.

 

[TecHNooB]

The silent majority will never unite until its so dire thats is probably too late.

reference from history?

 

[FallenHero]

reference from history?

every election? The number of people that DON'T vote is staggering in the US.

 

[destrekor]

The rich always win.

With the middle class and poor, never have a I ever met a bigger group of people that hate and step over each other every chance they get. Then you have the middle-poor folks from different regions of the US with very different morals and beliefs. It's a giant clusterfuck of hatred towards one another.

Yes, everyone hates each other. It's a natural product of our tribal mentalities.
What tends to happen, however, is something will spark a collection of like-minds. This forms a new tribe, one that often grows to the extreme if propagated everywhere. Not everyone from all the separate poor and middle-class "tribes" will unite together in one large front, true... but many from each group will see the benefit of standing next to someone they normally dislike, and they do it for one reason: the most important issue that needs to be rectified immediately, is one that they are all in agreement about, and decide to band together ... at least until they either gain victory or lose. Regardless, after that, then they might return to hating each other. But they can, and probably will, find ways to work together for the short-term.
Just look at all the other revolutions that have occurred in recent times: many distinct factions, ones they often bicker with, and generally hate each other, still work together to stand against a common enemy.

We can achieve that kind of cooperative spirit, no matter how large the issue and no matter how much of the world it involves; the only question left in the air, is what will it take to drive very specific groups of people, such as lower class Americans, to suddenly agree and work together?

every election? The number of people that DON'T vote is staggering in the US.

Elections do not make a revolution. Just because someone doesn't vote (or has no idea how to properly vote, like the other 95% of the public), doesn't mean they won't fight.

 

[ViviTheMage]

poor + middle = 99%, so I would assume the majority would roll the 1%.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

History always repeats itself

The people will win over the 1%ers

No they won't because the 1% includes the people. What people like you don't understand is that whenever the "people" rise up against the "1%" and take them out, someone from the "people" group ALWAYS steps into the "1%"
Issues like this are never about creating fairness, it's about jealousy.

 

[Golgatha]

The rich are powerful but few in number, the poor are relatively numerous but incapable and largely stupid. The middle class is intelligent and collectively very capable, but is largely complacent for the moment. If for some reason the middle class was united, they'd own.

This. The poor are largely unskilled, and I would add they are dependent on others for survival currently. The middle class is very educated, generally hard working, possess a variety of useful combat skills, and is very large in terms of head count. The rich are a mixture of lazy and hard working, but they simply lack numbers to be effective in combat situations.

 

[irishScott]

every election? The number of people that DON'T vote is staggering in the US.

Because things are still pretty good right now. We have what? ~8% unemployment? That means 92/100 people have a job, and most of those that don't are lower-class and don't know what they're doing (see Occupy Wall St). Now if that number got to say, 20% or 40% and involved a good chunk of the middle class... oh yeah. Shit would fly in a hurry.

 

[shadow9d9]

Capitalism may be essentially a controlled greed, but there will be greed inherent in any form of government.

Capitalism is an economic system, not government.

 

[rockyct]

Capitalism is an economic system, not government.

I didn't say it was.

 

[FoBoT]

i have full confidence in Dear Leader

 

[dmcowen674]

You are a kook.

"Poor" in the US means only having an iPad 1.

I am not the only one.

2-28-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sidesho...iller-introduces-doomsday-bill-171845595.html


Wyoming legislator David Miller introduces “doomsday” bill



Wyoming Republican state legislator David Miller has introduced a bill to prepare his state for a doomsday scenario in which the nation's economy and social structure completely collapse.

"Things happen quickly sometimes — look at Libya, look at Egypt, look at those situations,"

"We wouldn't have time to meet as a Legislature or even in a special session to do anything to respond."

One specific component of the bill calls for the state to look into the possibility of issuing its own currency in the event the U.S. dollar collapses.

While Miller's bill may sound a bit extreme, there have been genuine concerns about the devaluation of U.S. currency in recent years. Last year, the International Monetary Fund predicted that China's economy would overtake that of the U.S. in five years.

Miller's bill calls for coordination between Wyoming's Homeland Security along with the state attorney general and National Guard adjutant general.

The doomsday bill is sure to inspire criticism and even ridicule from some corners, but Miller says his priority is Wyoming. "I don't represent people in Illinois or New Jersey," he said. "I represent people in Wyoming. And I want them to be protected from any catastrophic events that may beset the rest of the country."