I swear to fuck if we have another economic collapse where all the poor people lose their savings and jobs just because rich people can’t spend their money wisely, there better be a fucking revolution or else humanity is lost to our own sheer stupidity
At the very least I hope to see something more dignified than occupy wall street. In reality we will probably see the full take over of oil interests and start another war.
A revolution into what though? The American people are so divided and can’t seem to agree on a seemingly infinite number of issues that would have likely been non issues had the government not been actively creating them and fanning the flames of existing divides for most of its existence. If you keep your populace fighting amongst themselves, especially with issues tied to religion and morality, they will likely never actually unite and fight their true enemy.
Anyway, if the USA fell then north america would probably either turn into a complete totalitarian state owned by the banks and controlled by a private police force. Either that or will break up into smaller territories where existing States will form their own unions, some more progressive then the ones that will bring back mask of slavery and fascism. If there were ever an actual revolution in the USA, the existing borders would be extensively remapped and many would be dissolved entirely. Not quite sure what would happen to Canada. Maybe it would absorb some of the northern states?
In my eyes if theres a revolution that doesn’t also take down the global banking system, it will be a revolution in name only.
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On the other hand, this will likely only strengthen the jingoistic propaganda and calls for foreign blood. Johnny Liberal may have felt a bit queasy about the whole Iraq business, but if it comes down to the choice of filling his stomach and “some brown people somewhere” getting bombed with white phosphorus? Well, I think we both know how quickly and what kind of choice will be made.
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AIG will need a bailout if this is just the start of a trend of bank failures.