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galen · 3434 days ago · link · · parent · post: Where Is America's Real Youth Rebellion?

I don't know about the rest of the youths, but I'm too busy being cynical/jaded. Maybe I could get behind a serious movement, but having seen what that led to in Egypt, Syria et al., even that's a little unlikely. Also what Cumol says: we have our bread and circuses, but not enough bread that we could focus on protest.

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Cumol · 3434 days ago · link ·

What happened in the arabic states was way more than what is needed to happen in europe/the US. The arabic states had to uproot EVERYTHING. They took out (or tried) all the teeth. While what is needed in europe is enough pressure onto politics so they are forced to react...

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galen · 3434 days ago · link ·

I'm not convinced that it was. In the US, in Europe, you have this vast web of intelligence agencies and governments that's going to take some serious dismantling. Also I'm a socialist so that's a bit more of a big change.

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Cumol · 3434 days ago · link ·

If it comes to my choice, I would want a socialist system.

Sadly, I get weird looks when I tell that to people.

For many Germans, socialist equals DDR (east Germany before 1989) and soviet Russia. It's so pathetic that it came to public debates whether it's okay to have a minister from the left party (Die Linke) in charge in Thüringen (Thuringia)