[my response to a MUMM about starting a revolution of the poor against the rich in the USA]
the truly poor do not have a computer. The truly poor are not on fubar. We all have money problems but people you consider rich, many of them honestly believe they're poor.
I didn't have cable TV 'til I was 12. Did that make us poor? No. That makes us without cable TV.
My clothes were all Goodwill and hand-me-downs until I was in high school. Some were my older sister's clothes, for whom my very smart mother bought BOYS clothes and made them girly for her, then when it was my turn, they became boy-y (boy ee?)
Did that make us poor?
No.
Beyond all of that: A revolution. Hmm. Not likely to happen.
And if there ever WAS a revolution, here's what would happen:
The infighting within the revolters would kill the movement.
Or: Let's say the revolution was a success. Then what?
The "winners" of the revolution would have power.
What happens when little people get powerful? They become WORSE than the people they overthrew.
If you have a decent system of government to REPLACE the current system in the USA, then you might get somewhere. But without a plan of what do if you "win" - you will fail, get executed as a traitor when the old guard comes back into power and that's that. Revolt against your parents. That's what they're for. Revolt against your school. Heck, steal a blank postit note at work as a sign of workplace revolt. But Government? They're too bloated to get turned over.
