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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:46 AM Original message |
Is the US headed for a prerevolutionary situation? |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think you are on to something. This country is changing and not for the better. |
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Cool Logic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. "political class not being able to solve the inevitable capitalist crises that occur,..." |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. What are the other three conditions? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Rasmussen, therefore likely untrue |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Lots of stuff is untrue these days... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I'd like to think that too |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Hey, friend! |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Yeah, I don't get around as much as I used to... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. There are four......... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Here is my take on the state of the pre-revolutionary situation in the US. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I think we have a revolutionary vanguard |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. if anything, teabaggers are anti-revolutionaries |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Insofar as they are aware, teabaggers would believe in the private |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. I actually don't disagree with much of this |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Pre-Revolutionary FRANCE |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. To work. Be back tonight..... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. "Headed for"? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I say 1905 Russia headed towards 1917 Russia. - n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Yep, that's my take too........... |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Of course, it took WWI in '14 to bring Russia from '05 to '17. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That's coming too........... |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. The inevitable trajectory of capitalism will bring about its demise. The burning question is, what |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Well historically there are two alternatives. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Another ultimate possibility is a fragmentation back to a variety of quasi-tribal structures. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. That is possible, but much more unlikely than the first two. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's a much longer-term vision. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. when enough people have nothing to lose, heads up |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. You'll have to wait until after Football season. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. No. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. The good thing about a democracy is, you don't need rioting and blood on the streets. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Actually revolutions can be really non violent |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I do support democracy, however it cannot be the only solution, |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. You call this a democracy? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Word! Even after all the crap that's gone on in |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. People want so much to believe that Democracy is intact |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I'm glad to see a few of us get it............ |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Revolutions cook for a while |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Once again that pesky historical knowledge |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ripe I would say. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. But we would have a revolution on both sides of the fence at the same time. |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. This is a question I've been asking myself too... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Oh yeah I agree about Europe...... |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Well what about Iceland? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I think that Iceland could be part of that |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. There will be no revolution. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Good God, I asked a simple question about |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
44. Mebbe 1847...... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Lenin said something about |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. No, more like a Cold Civil War |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. "A cold civil war" |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Yes ... the GOP goal is to kill us by killing the government. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. That second group can't AFFORD to have a |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. In a word, yes |
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