Causes of the 2nd American Revolution, page 1

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Topic started on 1-10-2011 @ 10:17 PM by rogerstigers

I thought I would take a stab at some "future history", so I looked up the wikipedia article on the French Revolution and tweaked it a bit (original article here en.wikipedia.org...)

Causes of the 2nd American Revolution

Although the United States in 2012 faced economic difficulties, mostly concerned with taxation, defict spending, and unemployment, it was widely considered the richest and most powerful nation on the planet. The American people also enjoyed more political freedom and lower incidence of arbitrary punishment than any other country on the planet. However, the US President, the US Congress, and the widespread Corporate Executive population had become immensely unpopular. This was a consequence of the fact that the middle and lower classes were burdened with a ruinously high cost of goods and services used to support wealthy aristocrats and their sumptuous, often gluttenous lifestlyes combined with a plumetting job market.

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In summary, a number of factors led to the outbreak of the 2nd American Revolution. Deep structural causes combined with factors peculiar to the period. Revolution was not due to a single event but a series of events that, together, irreversibly changed the organization of political power, the nature of society, and the exercise of individual freedoms.

reply posted on 1-10-2011 @ 10:22 PM by lonegurkha

I thing that you're on to something here. I've thought that this was coming for some time now. Now you give the reasons and It resembles the french revolution. Did I read that right?

reply posted on 1-10-2011 @ 10:26 PM by pianopraze

reply to post by rogerstigers

Nice start! Love the thread!

But the arbitrary punishment bit is off. We have more people in prison per capita than any other country. Wiki.

cheers

reply posted on 1-10-2011 @ 10:26 PM by syrinx high priest

no need for a revolution with elected officials

just vote them out

reply posted on 1-10-2011 @ 10:43 PM by rogerstigers

Originally posted by syrinx high priest
no need for a revolution with elected officials

just vote them out

pardon my cynicism, but until we get people past the "it's every other congress person's fault except the one I voted in" attitude, voting is meaningless. With approval ratings in the dumpster continuously, why do we not have a swath of freshmen congress people across the board?

Our current voting system is a joke that only puts people into office that have the money and power to buy the position.

reply posted on 1-10-2011 @ 10:48 PM by xenthuin

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... And replace them with who, exactly?!

Frankly, I wish there WAS a way to vote them out in a literal sense. That is, make it so nobody held a senate seat for awhile. I think we should have to vote whether there even IS a congress for a period of time.

reply posted on 1-10-2011 @ 10:51 PM by AzureSky

They are the bringers of empty promises.
Its not just about america anymore i don't think. This has spread. And will continue to do so. Its about the destruction of our planet.

We should all know about haliburton right? private military? They spend money on building their infrastructure in other countries, and enslave already poor nations to more debt.

Stopping the corporate corrution, Will bring about a new age of peace. Because it ALL extends from that. Everything for the most part.

reply posted on 2-10-2011 @ 09:39 AM by syrinx high priest

my point was the french were overthrowing a monarchy. there is no need to do that here.

unless we are talking about changing the entire finance system, political system and constitution in a week

this is like the occupy wall street thing

exactly what are you trying to accomplish and how ?

reply posted on 2-10-2011 @ 01:51 PM by rogerstigers