Pavel Chichikov@lemm.eetoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•The fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazyEnglish
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9 days agoThe “wealth distribution” theory of unrest is so thoroughly debunked its insane to see people who still think in these terms. Smh.
Yeah there is no single explanation for revolution. Looking strictly to wealth distribution is reductionistic at best. I mean, wealth distribution was arguably better in the U.S. in the 1860s than it was in the prelude to Revolutionary France and yet we had a Civil War lmfao. There are endless examples that disprove this rule. The reality is: popular unrest is extremely complicated, and the factors that lead up to it are varied with fluctuating levels of influence at different stages of development. Sure, perception of wealth is a key component… but its hardly an explainer.