[lbo-talk] Why aren't the poor storming the barricades?

[Wojtek S]

The storming the castle argument is based om a false premise that the
worsening of the conditions sparks a revolt.  In reality, the opposite is
true.  it is the betterment of social conditions that spark a revolt.

 Better conditions increase people's expectations and when those higher
expectations are not being met, people are more likely to turn to
alternatives.  If the conditions worsen, retrenchment is the normal
behavior.  Economists never understood human psychology.

-- 
Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."