I know everyone and their mom is talking about "It Could Happen Here" by Robert Evans recently but damn that podcast has never been more relevant. The videos from Portland yesterday are definitely a wake-up call for me to stop being a little bitch. That's not the point of the post though, I just wanted everyone's thoughts on our situation. Here's what's happening in America right now:

*Massive record breaking wildfires *There's about to be 2 hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico *Crop shortages and failures *Coronavirus *Mass unemployment *Apocalyptic eviction crisis *Waves of protests and/or brawls *Possible election crisis?

All of this is happening while the federal government is completely broken. Congress hasn't gotten shit done and then they went on break of course. It seems to me that not only does Congress not care but they don't seem to genuinely think things are as bad as they actually are. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but could we be closer to the end of America than many think?

  • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Biggest difference is that the ruling regime has a large support base in the US right now. 40% of people support Donald Trump even in these insane conditions, and honestly probably another 50% fully supports the Democrats. You need a situation where there is no Bourgeois opposition, and the ruling regime is deeply unpopular. That paired with dire material conditions is the recipe for Revolution. We aren't really anywhere near that yet.