The Revolution

[trendal]

No, one isn't happening yet. Nor am I going to start one (I happen to like my head where it is - attached to my neck).

My question is: if a revolution started tomorrow in your country....would you join in? Which side would you fight for?

For the sake of the argument, I'll leave the "nature" of whatever revolution you have in mind up to you. No specifics to start out with.

[Helios]

Well this is a tad vague. I mean if it was a royalist movement that was headed by myself I think I support it. On the other hand this movement (http://www.geocities.com/indranathr/misc/scum.htm) I'd have to side against.

[sbw]

the citizens of my country are too apathetic for a revolution (myself included, probably). and if the masses that I interact with started a revolution, they would probably have a really stupid goal, like a 24-hour reality TV network. (if that already exists then I will thank all of you for not telling me.) so no, I probably wouldn't join in.

basically, I'm with helios: I wouldn't be interested unless the end result was me running shit, and I'm not charismatic, so nobody would be shouting 'viva la resistance' on my behalf.

Scott

[distraction tactics]

Overthrow the Canadian establishment! ...in favour of free-market globalization.... or communistic totalitarianism...

Nah.

[Tensore]

I agree Helios, this is a bit vague.

I think for the most part we would all side with the resistance because if things are the way we like it, we wouldn't be dreaming up a revolution about that particular subject.

I would only rebel if I saw that a) the subject was truly worth fighting over and b) there were enough people who agreed with me. If not enough people don't agree, I'd rebel quietly. I'm a realist, and no revolution has won because a small mass of people decided that it should be so.

[trendal]

I think for the most part we would all side with the resistance because if things are the way we like it, we wouldn't be dreaming up a revolution about that particular subject.

Excellent point!

I would only rebel if I saw that a) the subject was truly worth fighting over and b) there were enough people who agreed with me. If not enough people don't agree, I'd rebel quietly. I'm a realist, and no revolution has won because a small mass of people decided that it should be so.

I think the same way.


Yeah now that I re-read this, it IS overly vague. Oh well.

[coffeezombie]

I think there is more likely to be secession rather than a revolution. Most people in the south actually like the neo-conservative Christian policies that our current president and his ilk profess, for instance, while northerners and west coast people can't stand them.