Alsephina@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoThe fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazylemmy.mlimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1764arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1756arrow-down1imageThe fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazylemmy.mlAlsephina@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square84fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUmeU@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-212 hours agoI have always said that so long as McDonalds has a hot burger for a few bucks on every street corner, there will not be a revolution in the US. Rather than starving to death, we have an obesity epidemic along with an opiate epidemic, which prevents the revolution from getting up off the couch. Not trying to claim a conspiracy here, just the way things are.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoIt only takes about 3% of the population to push effective revolution. That’s still over ten million people. We might be getting close.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoConspiracies happen in secret. There’s no hidden agenda, just the publicly-stated agenda.
I have always said that so long as McDonalds has a hot burger for a few bucks on every street corner, there will not be a revolution in the US.
Rather than starving to death, we have an obesity epidemic along with an opiate epidemic, which prevents the revolution from getting up off the couch.
Not trying to claim a conspiracy here, just the way things are.
It only takes about 3% of the population to push effective revolution. That’s still over ten million people. We might be getting close.
Conspiracies happen in secret. There’s no hidden agenda, just the publicly-stated agenda.