Reply #36: agree with one caveat: massive economic crisis (end of "end of ideology") [View All]

"revolution" as in roving gangs of people with weapons...that's not much different than a typical night clubbing. yes, totally -- something economically bad this way comes...but "the Revolution" isn't going to be violent until the "feds" get their troops on the ground. in that sense, i the "revolution" isn't us doing the fighting. the way the men are moving on the chessboard.

lewis laplam's recent piece on Fascism reminded me of the 50s political theory called "end of ideology". basic idea was that civil unrest would be bred out of us by making us all "company man" -- fat and happy. we'd be happy slaves. laplam suggests that we have outdone ourselves in creating our own dystopic corporate slavery. the "breakdown" that is coming is most certainly going to be a corporate exodous. they extracted all the resources they need from us; they'll be moving on now. to india, viet nam, and haiti.

i see the "positive" side of this. in an economic breakdown scenario i think we'll band together just fine -- and THAT CAN'T BE ALLOWED. we have evidence of this dynamic in the Katrina response in New Orleans. when all hell broke lose it came from little serial killers (my pet name for the "law" down there) in their natty suburbs not allowing people to flee the flooding.

it was a breakdown scenario, but the reports of citizen violence were grossly overblown. by and large you had neighbors helping neighbors. now they're rounding citizens up to serve on clean up teams. making them sleep outside on the pavement.

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2475

my fear is, in the case of a massive economic disruption, people are going to organize on the local level to protect citizens from federal aggression.

so, i guess i see the dark side of what the govt is up to. i see the states going after corporations which is NOT allowed; but the have no choice. the rubber has met the road. watch the tussle with insurance companies being sued by states to honor all damage regardless of "hurricane" status. that's a major swat at the big PTB and it's a STATE that's doing it. it's gonna be the feds who attempt to stop it.

this might not be much different that what you're talking about. except if the military is introduced on US soil, it's going to CAUSE a breakdown -- not correct one.

in a "massive economic disruption" we'll see people adapt/react/respond in creative, powerful way and they are going to USE a "breakdown scenario" such as violence or a flu outbreak to squeeze the locals out of helping their own.