[Newsbot]

Title: Revolution:The Coming Inevitability
Topic: Democracy
Written By: Robin Mathews
Date: Tuesday, October 12 at 08:40
Across nations of the West democratic structures are being undermined to provide greater ruling power for private corporations.  Attempts at reform are brutally repressed.  Growing instability and repression point to an inevitable future of ... armed revolution.
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[Milton]

Yes, sounds about right, the revolution part anyway.

[cayrick]

Excellent article. I am surprised it was written by a Canadian. My experience in living there for many years was that the average Canadian was too hyperdelusional to figure out what is going on. I visited The west this year and heard over and over again how Canada was resource based and had better banks than the US so things were different. It made me want to puke. Wait till next year when unemployment really begins to rise and the mortgage defaults take off. I realized I could not change the delusional thinking so I voted with my feet and haven't looked back since.

[RickW]

$1:

how Canada was resource based

I am a Canuck - and I have to agree with you. Canadians who think we "have it made in the shade" have given no thought to any sort of future for this country. The ONLY way resources can give a country a proverbial "leg up" is by following the example of Norway (for instance) - or by nationalizing the resources, so that more than just taxes come out of this exploitation.

[Brent Swain]

The miserable lives of those living in Nigeria, while they remain a major oil exporter,is an example of what we can expect, eventually, if we let control slip away indefinitely.

[CloudyDay]

Robin, you write!

[Milton]

Welcome to Vive CloudyDay. You are right about Robin's writing rites.

[Choban]

What I don't get is why everyone is surprised or ignorant of the fact that big business and rich people control what goes on, it's been that way since the founding of civilization and is common to every single pollitical system throughout history be it the Romans, Monarchys, dictatorships ect, nothing new here, just modern means of it happening.

[andyt]

Choban Choban:

What I don't get is why everyone is surprised or ignorant of the fact that big business and rich people control what goes on, it's been that way since the founding of civilization and is common to every single pollitical system throughout history be it the Romans, Monarchys, dictatorships ect, nothing new here, just modern means of it happening.

It's a matter of degree. For a while there we seemed to be moving to a more egalitarian, democratic society. Now the trend seems to be heading the other way.

[RickW]

The move towards (or away from) egalitarianism can be directly related to how prosperous people feel.

[andyt]

RickW RickW:

The move towards (or away from) egalitarianism can be directly related to how prosperous people feel.

Interesting thought.