[lbo-talk] USA and protests -or lack thereof-

[SA]

Sheldon Baker wrote:
> "...these Americans will never get angry enough to revolt,"
>
> Never say never, but I often fear you are correct.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> "For much less economic hardship citizens in other countries take their
>> pledge to the streets."
>>
>> Too many Americans identify with their rulers. Even if their rulers fuck
>> them on a regular basis, these Americans will never get angry enough to
>> revolt, much less march. The main narrative has been internalized. This is
>> why those pwogs who predict that Obama will face wrath from his left if he
>> gives too much to the pigs are living in a dream world.
>>     

I share the sentiment, but the same thing was true in the Great 
Depression at about this stage. Here's a description of the mood in the 
U.S. in late 1931/early 1932 (pp. 89-90):

http://sites.google.com/site/s11131978/Home/fff.pdf?attredirects=0

SA