In the age of information, we gain extra sight. We no longer see what the government wants us to see, we can see the truth. Truth=knowledge, and knowledge=power, power that they don't want us to have. We use this power to change things the way the people want it, like a true democracy should be.
Edit for clarity: I'm not saying a war WILL happen, but lately tensions have been rising between the two parties.
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[–] Gerplunckamo 0 points 34 points 34 points (+34|-0) ago
It will have to get to the point where basic necessities are put into jeopardy.
People take drastic measures when they're hungry.
[–] HoneyNutStallmans 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
This is how many revolutions happen.
[–] voiceofflawedlogic 0 points 20 points 20 points (+20|-0) ago
I was once in an office meeting that put me 2 hours late for lunch. They had no idea how close they all were to dying.
[–] insert_name 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Also thirsty. Seen Mad Max yet? Hehe.
But not hehe...
[–] SelfReferenceParadox 0 points 21 points 21 points (+21|-0) ago
Not AMerican, but I think tensions could get a lot higher before something large happens. People want a good government, but they also really don't want a war.
[–] WildThingSammiT [S] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Agreed
[–] the_spectre 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
This. War is hell. I'd rather try anything and everything short of it...
[–] jervybingly 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
The French and Bolshevik Revolutions did not begin until adults had to make the choice between staying home and watching their children die of starvation, or taking to the streets against their own government.
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[–] Arotaes_Forgehammer 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Yeah. The populace is being fed shit by the news networks and the politicians. Congress is corrupt as hell, and the president is a fucking pussy. We're going to shit, and we're choosing to ignore it.
[–] HoneyNutStallmans 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Strangely, I've yet to see the gun people rise up like they said they would when the government becomes tyrannical...
[–] ReallyreallyrealyFun 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Because they can still go jerk themselves off at the range or in the woods thinning out the herd.
[–] barrinmw 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Something like only 30% of people own guns in the US, if they were successful in repealing the second amendment, there would be spurts of violence, but honeslty, I don't even see a revolution then. Thry would probably mix it with major tax cuts for corporations.
[–] Tsugumori 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
The internet would have to shut down. There's never going to be any sort of serious action so long as we're all kept entertained.
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[–] TimberWolfAlpha 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Isn't that what the destruction of the middle class is doing, though? We're increasingly less able to consume the harder we're squeezed.
[–] D1watchingme 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
If you're thinking a war with guns and bombs. I don't think ever. Will there be a revolution in the future? Quite possible people can be fed up with the governments action and a change of government could be instated by the people. Just because a revolution happens does not necessarily mean there has to be gun fights.
[–] ZenTramp 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Usually it isn't the increasing tensions that cause a revolution; it tends to be a event that crystallizes and becomes the beginning of a movement. Look at the history of revolutions and you will find they start with a simple event that just happens at the right time and it becomes the beginning of the movement. Look at the American revolution for example, with the tax on tea. It happened at the right time. Today we are taxed many many times more than we were taxed then, its just that no event has occurred to crystalize a desention event.