Re:Decline in the labor share of income in the U.S.
by snowwrestler on Friday October 23, 2015 @11:23AM
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The West has invented political/cultural systems that permit revolutions without violence. The transition that is happening in Canada now is a good example, as were the 2008 and 2010 elections in the U.S.
Basically, most people in rich Western countries today have a lot more to lose from violence than they do from policy disagreements. And most citizens essentially believe in the power of the political system, because they can remember popular political uprisings that had tangible impacts: the labor movement, the environmental movement, LGBT rights, etc.
If you look at the most desperate movement in the U.S. today, it has to be Black Lives Matter. Even those organizers reject violence as a means to their ends.
Basically, most people in rich Western countries today have a lot more to lose from violence than they do from policy disagreements. And most citizens essentially believe in the power of the political system, because they can remember popular political uprisings that had tangible impacts: the labor movement, the environmental movement, LGBT rights, etc.
If you look at the most desperate movement in the U.S. today, it has to be Black Lives Matter. Even those organizers reject violence as a means to their ends.