08-22-2016, 09:45 AM
(08-20-2016, 02:29 AM)dmcowen674 Wrote:
Dave, if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow.
And like I've said in the past:
Even if there was a revolution, and even if it could succeed, what then?
As soon as anything like that started gaining traction, the wealth of the nation and it's owners, would take off for more stable lands leaving us living in a banana republic.
"Come back from Switzerland Trump, and bring your money with you. Turns out Apoppin and Rollo didn't have enough to employ many people."
And then of course there's the whole "smartest people are usually the ones running the show that you would be revolting against". You think people that can barely run their homes are going to be able to run country and the industries that make it wealth?
Uh huh. Good luck with that.
You think the Dr.s/engineers/lawyers/software developers/biotech and pharma researchers want to take up arms against the government? Ummmmmm...why? They live like kings here now, they like things as they are.
Going to force them to work at gunpoint for less? "Cure that disease you smart bastard, or we'll shoot you!"?
200 years ago the working class could have revolted. Now it would be like "Planet of the Apes" if they did.