What will the "revolution" look like when people have had enough? [View all]

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More and more Americans are experiencing the effects of inequality as they work harder and longer, have less leisure time, opportunities and resources, and see a future that offers their children worsening climate crises accompanied by financial insecurity and scarcity.

The pot is boiling, and things like the latest SC ruling and recent U.N. climate change findings only turn up the heat.

As a citizen who has always believed that voting is a responsibility, I am horrified by the condition of our democracy and the direction of our nation. As someone who put in thousands of hours as a Dem activist from the first Earth Day until the election of 2012, I retain a glimmer of hope that a populist movement will arise within the party and set the nation back on course. But it's really as a student of social-cultural history that I find DU most interesting and worthwhile.

The posters I enjoy the most are the ones inclined to pull back and look at the big picture, to see beyond the parties and look at American culture and society at a place in history. I wonder how they imagine the "revolution" - or, rather, the beginnings of the revolution, since what happens next depends on those early days.

So, just for fun, how do you see it? (Please post other ideas too.)

32 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	The revolution began with Occupy Wall Street and continues.
	2 (6%)
	The revolution began with the 2008 Obama campaign and continues.
	0 (0%)
	The revolution began with the Tea Party and continues.
	0 (0%)
	A populist movement will arise within the Democratic Party.
	3 (9%)
	A populist movement will arise outside the Democratic Party.
	1 (3%)
	There will be no revolution - the U.S. will be plundered 'til there's nothing left.
	21 (66%)
	There will be violence from the right, targeting fellow citizens.
	4 (13%)
	There will be violence from the right, targeting the powers-that-be.
	0 (0%)
	There will be violence from the left, targeting fellow citizens.
	0 (0%)
	There will be violence from the left, targeting the powers-that-be.
	1 (3%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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