Marv Gandall wrote:
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> Right. "History suggests the masses won't consider overthrowing the existing system and experimenting with a new one unless and until a) their personal circumstances deteriorate to the point that they consider them life threatening and b) it has become abundantly clear that neither of the established parties has proved able to arrest the slide and c) their desperation for change has finally overcome their fear of repression."
This is terribly, even tragically, wrong. What Marvin describes here is the very opposite of the truth: he describesd a world that is perfectly caught up in a few words from Old Man River: "Tired of living, and feared of dying." No one will revolt in the world Marvin describes, for it is a world without hope.
Carrol