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1/ So here's what worries me about the status-quo establishment fighting Bernie so heavily; He's actually probably the best "Compromise" they can hope for, without him and his policies, the outcomes are all ugly as fuck.
1/ So here's what worries me about the status-quo establishment fighting Bernie so heavily; He's actually probably the best "Compromise" they can hope for, without him and his policies, the outcomes are all ugly as fuck.
2/ He's obviously not the compromise between Progressives & the establishment, but the compromise between Uber Elites existing and the people rising up to eat the rich, french revolution style.
If he wins, they get to live maybe less wealthy but still extravagant lifestyles.
If he wins, they get to live maybe less wealthy but still extravagant lifestyles.
3/ Just look at the trends; Forget the present for a moment, but look at the global and historical trends over the last few decades; A MAJOR shift is underway, and there's no stopping it. It'll happen no matter what. History proves that.
4/ The unrest is growing and growing Globally, but just look locally; The wall street crash which destroyed millions of lives, was followed by the Occupy movement which was crushed.
2008 Obama ran on Hope & change, then crushed both.
2008 Obama ran on Hope & change, then crushed both.
5/ Also in 2008, Mike Gravel and Ron Paul were ridiculed by both the MSM and the elites, but their mostly populist & non-interventionist messages actually resonated with a small but growing online following.
6/ 2016 Bernie put a strong challenge that "Defied expectations" & was "unexpected" (Obviously not if you looked at trends), and then arguably the nomination was stolen from him.
The 1st Grenade was Trump getting elected (Who HRC helped become nominee).
The 1st Grenade was Trump getting elected (Who HRC helped become nominee).
7/ Note;by 2015, Trust in both the media & Gov had hit historic lows.
Charts line up well; As well being of people went down, so did trust.
"Everything is going fine, strong economy...etc" doesn't mean shit to someone that's struggling & is experiencing a different reality
Charts line up well; As well being of people went down, so did trust.
"Everything is going fine, strong economy...etc" doesn't mean shit to someone that's struggling & is experiencing a different reality
8/ And the genius of Trump (Or Bannon) and those around him is how they exploited those trends.
Low trust in Media --> Fake news/Enemy of people.
Low Trust in Gov --> Drain the Swamp
Experiencing a different reality --> Alternative facts.
Low trust in Media --> Fake news/Enemy of people.
Low Trust in Gov --> Drain the Swamp
Experiencing a different reality --> Alternative facts.
9/ So pray tell, what do these elite geniuses believe is going to be the outcome if they continue to shaft Sanders again, who by their own polling is pretty much the most liked and trusted politician nation wide (outside the twittersphere of course)?
10/ Do they think the people are going to be "Crushed" & Subservient? That they're not going to question their elite masters again and will trust them? That they'll be fine with minor breadcrumbs for a while and will eventually go away?
11/ Or do they believe (and I'm having a hard time not laughing at this IRL as a type it), that those Americans don't have the appetite for violence and will just develop political apathy and not bother to vote and call it a day?
Nope, another worse grenade will come.
Nope, another worse grenade will come.
12/ Alternatively, They'll have to drop all pretenses and just go straight out Uber elite led authoritarian fascist on Americans, and maybe, just MAYBE they have enough security and monitoring...etc for it to work.
Maybe, but somehow i doubt it.
Maybe, but somehow i doubt it.
12.5/ Oh, I also forgot something in Tweets 9/10.
Insane increases in price of college putting it out of reach of most Americans --> Intellect shaming, Intellect is elitism. Science is elitism. Education is elitism.
Insane increases in price of college putting it out of reach of most Americans --> Intellect shaming, Intellect is elitism. Science is elitism. Education is elitism.
13/ So think about it this way; If Trump was one of the first "Grenades", i.e the least violent way these downtrodden Americans have lobbed at the Elites, What do you think the next grenade would be?
What do you think happens to people that have had all hope robbed from them?
What do you think happens to people that have had all hope robbed from them?
14/ It's not going to be pretty. At all. It's going to be super ugly, bloody & horrendous.
There are already real voices out there that have lost all hope in peaceful change & are already advocating that violence revolution is the only solution.
Can you honestly blame them?
There are already real voices out there that have lost all hope in peaceful change & are already advocating that violence revolution is the only solution.
Can you honestly blame them?
15/ Losing their homes, their lives, their jobs, their hope. Can you really blame them?
Of course quite a few of them have been convinced of "Punching down" at minorities, immigrants, whatever. But that's not permanent, Eventually they'll at least start punching both ways.
Of course quite a few of them have been convinced of "Punching down" at minorities, immigrants, whatever. But that's not permanent, Eventually they'll at least start punching both ways.
16/ That's not even discussing minorities that have been scapegoated constantly, treated with different rules by the ruling power, and used as political pawns by the elites when it suits them.
There is no "Down" for them to "Punch down". They can pretty much only punch up.
There is no "Down" for them to "Punch down". They can pretty much only punch up.
17/ Gene Sharp, MLK and Ghandi have all stated in various forms that "no government or institution can rule without the consent of the governed or oppressed".
That consent is still given atm, but will easily & quickly be revoked.
We're closer than ever.
That consent is still given atm, but will easily & quickly be revoked.
We're closer than ever.
18/ Famously, JFK (Who was assassinated of course) said in 1962; "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
He was right then, and he's still right now.
He was right then, and he's still right now.
19/ So far the Uber elites of the post WW2 era have managed to mostly avoid that outcome by giving just enough to minimize the appetite for violent revolution.
Then they got greedy/greedier, and the bread they gave turned to Crumbs, and the hunger IS GROWING.
Then they got greedy/greedier, and the bread they gave turned to Crumbs, and the hunger IS GROWING.
20/ And they've gotten so greedy that they can't even give Bernie and the people that support him a fair chance, He doesn't need to win for the hunger to be satiated, he just has to be given a fair chance.
But they're too greedy to allow even that.
But they're too greedy to allow even that.
21/ Instead they find themselves slandered & attacked by the very institutions that already have historical lows in Trust.
They find themselves & Bernie attacked & Slandered by the MSM.
They find elites talking about a different political reality than the one they experience.
They find themselves & Bernie attacked & Slandered by the MSM.
They find elites talking about a different political reality than the one they experience.
22/ and instead of being satiated, the hunger grows, and will continue to grow, until it becomes overwhelming and consumes them in a fury, that one could argue is righteous, then this happens as so succinctly stated by @der_bluthund https://twitter.com/der_bluthund/status/1181746117471604736
23/ And the rage will be indiscriminate, not unlike the french revolution.
The downtrodden have already given warnings, both Peaceful (Occupy, Bernie...etc) and not as peaceful (Trump).
At some point the warnings stop.
The downtrodden have already given warnings, both Peaceful (Occupy, Bernie...etc) and not as peaceful (Trump).
At some point the warnings stop.
24/ But hey, Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps the USA will follow in the path of countries like Egypt and Russia instead.
Perhaps the Elites are playing some 4D chess and can get what they want without this scenario unfolding.
Perhaps it's always been this way and always will be.
Perhaps the Elites are playing some 4D chess and can get what they want without this scenario unfolding.
Perhaps it's always been this way and always will be.
25/ Perhaps we live in enough of a cross between 1984 and Brave new world for this scenario to ever unfold.
But why in the flying FUCK would we ever want to take the risk?
But why in the flying FUCK would we ever want to take the risk?
26/ And finally as i end this thread, i leave you with some further reading and food for thought *Multiple links*. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12507/youth-bulges-and-the-social-conditions-of-rebellion
28/ "..terrorism researchers understood that in many societies, the impetus for radicalization was linked to concrete problems felt by youths, including economic deprivation, social disenchantment, and most of all, lack of political voice and identity.." https://ctc.usma.edu/counterterrorism-and-youth-radicalization-in-jordan-social-and-political-dimensions/
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"...Terrorist organizations “exploit a basic human need—the need for meaning, achievement, or esteem,” and often that need runs deeper than material desires for financial gain or physical protection..."
/Fin
"...Terrorist organizations “exploit a basic human need—the need for meaning, achievement, or esteem,” and often that need runs deeper than material desires for financial gain or physical protection..."
/Fin
