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Trillionaires Gotta Go (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not yet. A revolution takes place once it's safer for the average person to join the revolution than to keep the status quo.

That's how far the status quo needs to drop before a revolution happens.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Well, not exactly the average. Just the 10% or so people most in danger.

    But yeah, I don't think the US is there.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    You need enough people to be able to overcome the military and law enforcement. So that differs depending on the country.

    The USA has 2.81 million service members, so nearly 1% of the population. I'd say that one soldier with training and incredible amounts of war machinery could easily take out 10 untrained average americans even if they have guns, so 10% is likely not enough. Might be enough in a country with no money and hardly any military, but just think about it. How many angry people does it take to take out a tank or a fighter jet?

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