[ExI] I see pitchforks.

[Dan TheBookMan]

I don’t believe hungry people — if by that you mean starving and not metaphorically hungry — don’t start revolutions. Typically, revolutions are elite cycling: one faction in the elite pushes out the current dominant faction in a typically brutal way. Also, there’s often raising expectations: people were doing well, then there’s a setback or they believe they can do much better — hence backing a change in the top dogs.

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Dan
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> On Jul 8, 2019, at 2:13 PM, <spike at rainier66.com> <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Clark
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> >…And the USA also does poorly on economic mobility, Canada has twice as much and Denmark three times, in the USA if you're born poor you'll probably die poor.
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> Sure.  But in the USA, by India’s standards, we have a very odd definition of the term “poor.”
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> John, fat people don’t start revolutions.  Hungry ones do.  There aren’t enough hungry people in the USA.  Even the poor have hamburger and cell phones.
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