Poll: Will there be another American Revolution?

[Substitute Troll]

Propably not but I hope so.

*prays for a communist nation that actually works out fine."

 

[spartandude]

not any time soon, but if what it is like now continues, i could see a revolution in the future, same for all across the globe, possibly commumnism

 

[EvilPicnic]

Heeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaa.... no

People are too happy with what they have to be happy with. Rocking the boat is too much like hard work.

 

[RabbidKuriboh]

not a revolution, a civil war

seriously the gap between the two american parties is blooy ridiculous!

also slightly off topic but does no one else think its riddiculous there being a democracy that only has two choices for voters?

 

[Kadoodle]

As the gap between the rich and the poor grow in the Land of the Free, will America follow the Orwellian revolution formula of the middle/low classes revolting against the high class?

EDIT: IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS
If or If not, why?

No, because unlike a similar revolution over in France, the upper class are not the ruling class. The power is still equally divided.

 

[s0p0g]

of course!

east-coast vs wezz-coast, dawg

no seriously, i think the time of armed uprisings in civilised "western" countries is over

 

[cainx10a]

Sure just stay the hell out of Canada.

*Pulls out Cellphone* Hello Excella? Yes I need you to drop in about 500 Kilograms of Uroboros over Canada. DON'T ASK WHY! JUST DO IT!!

Those Canadians have had it too good for too long!

-Cough- Mr. Golgo 13, I have a request ... I would like this man, Madara XIII, to be eliminated ... as discretely as possible.


On-topic: Why fight against the people who, I assume, are also the entrepreneurs creating jobs and behind a good portion of the workforce?

 

[ShadowsofHope]

Do what you want, but leave Canada, your relatively peaceful neighbors to the North.. out of it.

Don't make us bring out the bear brigade!

 

[vrbtny]

Mandatory politically incorrect pun: I thought americans were revolting already?

*internet High Five*

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

Racial balkanization along the lines of Yugoslavia is far more likely, especially since cracking down against un-pc/nationalists/etc is illegal in the US, unlike in Europe with all their anti-free speech laws.

Democracies far apart the second you have more than one group firmly in charge, and both realize that the other can effectively vote themselves more goodies than your side.

 

[VGC USpartan VS]

Hahaa

No. For several reasons. First off, it wouldn't be a revolution it would be a civil war.

Secondly, you seem to have highlighted economics as the reason for this war, in which case, hells no. America's attitude towards its poor people seems at least to an outside perspective to be, clearly these people were not good or motivated enough to make themselves rich. The American dream is still that of the self made man and almost every facet of American society reflects this. You don't give relatively as much to charity as every other nation on earth, you don't think that poor people should be given health care or housing or in fact any aid at all, and any policy which comes the slightest bit close to 'help people with less money than you' gets immediately shot down as being socialist, I have never seen a country as diammetrically opposed to the concept of helping people who need help as America. If the poor ever did start a revolution all the rich would join in the peasant murdering, fuck it'd be like Medieval Europe all over again. (This paragraph intended mostly facetiously but seriously, America hates poor people more than anyone else I know)

Which brings me to my next, less ridiculous, point. The American Military. I know the Second Amendment is supposed to be this great equaliser and it means that 'the people' can stand up to 'the man.' But come on, be serious. They have assault rifles, you have handguns, they have a minimum six months training, you have accumulated drunken evenings shooting bottles off your fence, they have tactics, strategy, huge military computers, the combined efforts of the police, the secret services, the navy, the military, the air force, you have can-do spirit and a little grass roots thing going on. They'd steamroller everyone. This isn't the 1860s where every is as well armed and trained as the army themselves, the gulf between trained personnel and the layman is so great in America that you'd be lucky to even kill one soldier before the revolution was over. The Second Amendment's supposed original purpose has about as much relevance nowadays as the Seventh. Unless the military joined you but come on, why would they ever join a socialist grass roots revolution?

So there's two extremely good reasons. I do have more.

Actually, in most US States, you can own Assault Rifles if you have a license . But nevertheless, I believe you wrong for saying America hates poor people. I have come to the conclusion that we dislike them but if a documentary covering the homeless comes out, we will help them.

 

[x-machina]

Doesn't seem very likely right now, but 50 years is a looong time. I mean 50 years ago the Vietnam war had not even reached full swing.

 

[Mantonio]

As long as you don't try to spread 'Freedom and Democracy' to Europe, then you can do whatever you want.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

snip.

Actually, in most US States, you can own Assault Rifles if you have a license . But nevertheless, I believe you wrong for saying America hates poor people. I have come to the conclusion that we dislike them but if a documentary covering the homeless comes out, we will help them.

I guess massive tongue in cheekness of my post aside what I was trying to say is that the American public can no longer stand against the American Military.

Just because you can own an assault rifle, or even a Ground-Air Missile, doesn't mean you stand a chance against the full force of the American military. even if, for example, the entire state of Texas was to rise up in arms against America, all it would take would be one or two tactical insertions and the entire thing would be put down in minutes.

Even back in the old days of the American Civil War, the south were just as well armed and trained as the north, which is to say not very well armed and trained at all. There wasn't much of an army when America went to war last time round, the basic tenet was that you raised an army when you needed it from whoever was available. The concept of having a standing army ready at all times just didn't exist back then. So when the Civil War rolled around there were just as many conscripts for the South as the North, and the biggest discrepancy was not in men but the training of their leaders. This was in fact basically the point of the Second Amendment 'A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.' The idea is that an armed public is the ultimate defence against tyranny.

This was fine back in the days when a six shot revolver that took ten minutes to reload was considered uppity, and the majority of even the army were not what you'd call soldiers. If the public had ever risen up they would have been capable of genuinely fighting against the leaders of the land, as indeed they did in the Civil War.

But nowadays, as I mentioned, they have a standing army, with months of training and experience, leaders with a little more strategy than 'gather up all our men and charge in a straight line,' and no amount of home brew front porch rebellion, however well armed, is going to change that. The public of America could no longer stand against the might of the American war machine, unless said war machine decided to join their cause.

 

[Capcom4ever]

Well yes but not because of economic disparity. It would be because of the gross abuse of American civil rights by the federal government and its concentration of statist power to take advantage of its citizens. If these trends continue, Americans will either submit to totalitarianism or demand their natural-born rights.

 

[Gilhelmi]

I do not know.

Only because we are still comfortable, but if something happened like a ban on religions or any attack on any constitutional rights (1 thru 10) then the odd shift to 70% yes, 30% no.

Im no american, but im pretty sure that there is an attack on your constitutional rights right now.. Actually a couple of them.. Read alittle about the TSA and you will see...

I mean A major attack. With the airlines people can still say "No, I will just drive/take the train to get where I am going." We still have a choice about whether or not the service of air travel is worth the hassle and frisking of the TSA.

When I say "attack on the constitution", I mean something a bit more obvious like banning a religion, or making it unlawful to own a gun, or making it a crime to not answer police questions (believe it or not the one about police, that I think is the most likely).

 

[Kolby Jack]

Military recruitment tends to skyrocket during times of economic crisis because it's a stable job with decent pay and great benefits. As for the rest of the unlucky schmucks who can't find a job, well, they probably have more pressing concerns than a revolution, don't they?

 

[Verlander]

Hahahaha no, of course not.

Simply put,the American propaganda machine is running too strongly over the mass ignorant.

Like physical materials, there needs to be a sudden drastic change from one extreme to the other before crack begin to show. Realistically? I think America will have little choice but to adopt more liberal and socialist attributes (which is for the better), and if ever there would be a war, it would be the backwards people revolting against these sort of changes. It's unlikely it will happen though.

As with all history, look towards what's already happened in Europe to get an idea of what will eventually happen in the US. You are still a baby country after all...

 

[maturin]

Impossible without a split in the military, and the military has insufficient regional affiliations. More likely would be the military intervening to prevent a gulf engineered by radical politicians.

We've never seen a First World Country go the dogs in the age of globalization. The U.S. has the biggest economy in the world, dominated by multinational corporations that would be wrecked by some sort of revolution. Their voice will be heard somehow.

I don't think class war is really in the cards, culturally speaking. If the economy got bad enough, the poor could always be turned on the Mexicans that will dominate the southwest.

And none of this would constitute an ideological revolt like the Revolution was. Well, some sort of disgusting ideology, possibly.

 

[WorldFree55]

Maybe. But we really do need one because freedoms are being taken away left and right and whats worse is that some people think it's ok if the government says to them that its meant to keep you safe. Its a joke and I hope some kind of rebellion happens soon. I don't want it to involve bloodshed at all but if it has to come to that, so be it. The government really needs a cleanup along with the past "laws" if we can really even call them that.