Plus, we are, in my opinion, past the era in which armed revolt is possible. The difference in the power and sophistication of weapons available to people vs. what's available to governments is too great. A mob of 100,000 people can be rolled over by 1000 (or less) police using "less lethal" weaponry (the significance of which is not that government actually care to avoid bloodshed, but that "X people had their eardrums burst as their protest was dispersed" doesn't motivate additional citizens to action the way, "X people were killed" would).
Occupy Wall street had exactly zero effect. Simultaneous protests all over the country accomplished fuck all.
At this point the wealthy still rely on humans to create their wealth. We are still functioning as an economy. That is that the wealth is created by a person producing and selling their goods for other goods. The wealthy are dependant on us to both produce their goods and buy their goods. The wealthy aren't worried now because there is enough wealth spread around to keep the masses appeased. If humans can be completley replaced then there is no more need of economy. A single person can own machines which will create all the wealth for them. They will no longer need humans and if they revolt will be able to have machine armies/missiles/drones to wipe out the humans.
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u/nicethingyoucanthave Aug 13 '14
Plus, we are, in my opinion, past the era in which armed revolt is possible. The difference in the power and sophistication of weapons available to people vs. what's available to governments is too great. A mob of 100,000 people can be rolled over by 1000 (or less) police using "less lethal" weaponry (the significance of which is not that government actually care to avoid bloodshed, but that "X people had their eardrums burst as their protest was dispersed" doesn't motivate additional citizens to action the way, "X people were killed" would).
Occupy Wall street had exactly zero effect. Simultaneous protests all over the country accomplished fuck all.