#2 sadly a pretty accurate take by my lights. Any idea on an answer to this problem? (See my reply to E.F. above for some of my sentiments, though those are not an answer in and of themselves to this.) Maybe a lot more of us every-day goombahs yelling for some particular heads? More? Here's my palm...got a knife handy?
#2 sadly a pretty accurate take by my lights. Any idea on an answer to this problem? (See my reply to E.F. above for some of my sentiments, though those are not an answer in and of themselves to this.) Maybe a lot more of us every-day goombahs yelling for some particular heads? More? Here's my palm...got a knife handy?
The reality is that things have to get pretty bad before the revolution comes. Things aren't nearly that bad yet and the elites seem to be:
1) careful in providing or at least looking like they are providing help;
2) dividing the people and turning factions against each other (human nature helps in this);
3) reining in or hiding their worst actions and impulses for the most part.
Humans are inherently conservative in many regards. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Risk-takers are actually kind of rare and tend to be younger.
The inherent conservatism means that things actually have to get pretty bad and people have to get pretty angry before they will take the risk of trying to force change.
What we depend upon, largely, is the enlightened self-interest of those of wealth, power, and influence and their desire to self-police in order to avoid the revolution.
When you get a revolution all you REALLY end up doing (after it all shakes out) is replacing one set of "elites" with a different set.
#2 sadly a pretty accurate take by my lights. Any idea on an answer to this problem? (See my reply to E.F. above for some of my sentiments, though those are not an answer in and of themselves to this.) Maybe a lot more of us every-day goombahs yelling for some particular heads? More? Here's my palm...got a knife handy?
The reality is that things have to get pretty bad before the revolution comes. Things aren't nearly that bad yet and the elites seem to be:
1) careful in providing or at least looking like they are providing help;
2) dividing the people and turning factions against each other (human nature helps in this);
3) reining in or hiding their worst actions and impulses for the most part.
Humans are inherently conservative in many regards. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Risk-takers are actually kind of rare and tend to be younger.
The inherent conservatism means that things actually have to get pretty bad and people have to get pretty angry before they will take the risk of trying to force change.
What we depend upon, largely, is the enlightened self-interest of those of wealth, power, and influence and their desire to self-police in order to avoid the revolution.
When you get a revolution all you REALLY end up doing (after it all shakes out) is replacing one set of "elites" with a different set.