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pseydtonne  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where Is America's Real Youth Rebellion?

The lack of rebellion in the US is much like the lack of traction for modern bands. We no longer just look at what was popular for the last generation: we are constantly drowning in the knowledge that rebellions get crushed, a day in jail now ruins your life, and giant corporations own the government. Why fight the government when you'll just wind up with the same thing and a prison record?

What's so great about a rebellion, anyway? It's as if the older generation is expecting the younger one to flip out as if on command. Why be predictable, when the entire problem is being so predictable that there is no hope for a future?

Perhaps waiting out some important deaths is more useful than a crappy short game with Molotov cocktails. There is no way to teach the ultra-conservatives to see beyond their selfish desires nor to make them see the world inside the cell phone, so we just have to wait for them to go away. We have to raise money to get progressive laws, so we'll work to raise that money.





Cumol  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nicely said :)

One question, what if, in that time that the conservatives die out, another horrible party shows up?

I am talking about Europe. Right wing populist parties are getting larger and larger here. In Germany, the "alternative for Germany" (AfD), which sounds harmless but it's a soft core nazi party that wants the German Mark back, wants to kick out immigrants (the whole shebang) got loads of votes last election.

They took out the Pirates (net neutrality and privacy) and attracted many voters from the left party (Die Linke), which is scary to think about.

The same is happening in Greece, Italy, France, Hungary... (Not to forget israel, but that's another story)

user-inactivated  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Germany and Italy... better hope Franco doesn't follow up too.

kleinbl00  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm pretty worried about Europe, to be honest. It looks to me like the Eurozone is going to tear itself apart and it's not going to be bloodless.