@starwall I was talking with someone and they said something that struck me. They said that we don't have the misery today that sparked revolutions in previous years.
Except we do. People today are miserable. Miserable in their jobs, their cities, in the lives they lead.
The difference is that our modern misery is abstracted away as an immutable facet of living life in society. People are prevented from believing change is possible by being convinced that the system is unchangeable.
@starwall And not only is the misery abstracted away as a personal issue, that a person can't fit into society comfortably, but even those that may be aware of this are prevented from taking action by the necessity of sustaining oneself. All the energy that might go into making change is subverted into basic survival.
