17 May 2011, 11:03 pm
Raptor wrote:
As long as the majority of people are able to stay relatively in their comfort zones I can’t see them doing much no matter what. If ever enough of those comforts and services they take for granted are gone then the possibilities could start to become realities in terms of civil unrest. At that time anything could set of a chain reaction.
Remember that the chain of events that led up to WWI started with the assassination of two people.
A good percentage of the US military would defect from the government before they allow themselves to become the tools of oppression (or suppression). If they join the revolutionaries then it stands to reason that they will bring with them some of the US military assets in their control.
For most of the fighting revolutionaries it will be guerrilla warfare in the form of sabotage, hit and run raids, booby traps, long range precision rifle fire on select targets, harassment and interdiction, etc…..
It will not be fun because losses and suffering on both sides will be staggering and there is nothing guaranteed as to the final outcome.
If it lasts too long then the revolutionaries will likely start to turn on each other over differences and split the cause up into a bunch of little personal wars.
Sand wrote;
You apparently don't have a very high opinion of the character and integrity of the US military as a whole.
Or, as usual, you just don't get the point...........
Exactly.
Remember that the chain of events that led up to WWI started with the assassination of two people.
A good percentage of the US military would defect from the government before they allow themselves to become the tools of oppression (or suppression). If they join the revolutionaries then it stands to reason that they will bring with them some of the US military assets in their control.
For most of the fighting revolutionaries it will be guerrilla warfare in the form of sabotage, hit and run raids, booby traps, long range precision rifle fire on select targets, harassment and interdiction, etc…..
It will not be fun because losses and suffering on both sides will be staggering and there is nothing guaranteed as to the final outcome.
If it lasts too long then the revolutionaries will likely start to turn on each other over differences and split the cause up into a bunch of little personal wars.
Sand wrote;
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A military takeover of the US government would no doubt be an interesting first step towards a military dictatorship. It's
not exactly what I would feel is progress.
not exactly what I would feel is progress.
You apparently don't have a very high opinion of the character and integrity of the US military as a whole.
Or, as usual, you just don't get the point...........
18 May 2011, 8:59 am
18 May 2011, 7:41 pm
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Evolution beats revolution.
Whatever that's supposed to mean in practical terms.............
18 May 2011, 8:11 pm
Raptor wrote:
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Evolution beats revolution.
Whatever that's supposed to mean in practical terms.............
Practically speaking, incremental improvement is better than radical revolution. Revolutions have a tendency to eat their children.
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25 Jul 2011, 11:38 pm
androbot2084 wrote:
I think religious communes should be set up where people can share money and property in common and practice a form of Communism. During hard economic times the fortunate can support the less fortunate. Unfortunately the Christian Right is violently opposed to the idea and wants everyone to be either a winner or a loser
There's the Amish, there's the Mennonites, there's Mormon polygamists, there's a militant Muslim one somewhere in New York, there were a zillion new age hippie new age ones once upon a time that I don't know if they are still around, and there are a bunch of small cults as well. There's lots of communes to choose from, just make sure they are BATFE approved.
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