Unabashed

Politics, lately, is all I’ve been reading of. Found this tidbit and thought it interesting, although I don’t imagine it would happen (even though there are those who would welcome it).

A well thought out and provocative look at the 1962 work of sociologist James Davies, who laid out seven preconditions for violent revolution. The author stresses the point that all of these preconditions have now been met to one degree or another in the current U.S.

The seven conditions are:
1. Soaring then crashing standards of living
2. Rising class war/disillusionment
3. A generation of abandoned intellectuals (hey that’s you guys)
4. Incompetent government
5. Failure of leadership
6. Fiscal Irresponsibility
7. Inept and inconsistent use of force

Do you think a revolution is coming? Personally, I don’t. The reason is simple: when the dollar crashes we won’t be thinking about anything but survival, much less revolt. Whoever gets elected president is about to inherit a big busload of crap to sift through. More on this later…

written by Matt Mitchell \\ tags: dollar, hegemony, revolt, Revolution