The founding father’s situation was way different. They lived a life of struggle that we couldn’t fathom. The patriots who fought under them had very little to lose. Even though we don’t have really have shit, we still have excessive comfort by their standards. Now don’t get me wrong, average person these days wouldn’t hold a candle to the founding fathers. But I’m more optimistic that we’ll do what’s necessary once the comfort threshold has been broken.
That’s the thing, though…. The comfort won’t be broken. I used to wonder if the world would end as depicted in 1984 or in A Brave New World. I nose now (edit: apropos typo) think it is both.
Yes, it is both.
I think we’ve been living in the brave new world, we’re moving into 1984 territory now. But I think that type of dystopia is an authoritarian pipe dream. That communist style system will collapse, I think that’s what the next 10 years entails. Within that process a revolution of some sort will take place. I don’t think it’ll consist of the population taking up arms like the did in the revolutionary war. History doesn’t quite repeat but it will rhyme.
I hope you’re right …about us fighting back with whatever means necessary. I don’t share your confidence, though; the comforts of a Brave New World will be hard for NPCs to give up.
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