Streetfighting man

[doodab]

Was listening to this earlier.

What are the odds of a revolution in the UK, violent or otherwise? Is the populace too occupied with the X Factor to really give a tulip or could they get it together to rise up and fight the injustices of late stage capitalism, overthrowing the oligarchy and dangling the likes of Blair by his genitals from a lamppost?

[MarillionFan]

Was listening to this earlier.

What are the odds of a revolution in the UK, violent or otherwise? Is the populace too occupied with the X Factor to really give a tulip or could they get it together to rise up and fight the injustices of late stage capitalism, overthrowing the oligarchy and dangling the likes of Blair by his genitals from a lamppost?

And why exactly would we rise up?

[doodab]

And why exactly would we rise up?

"We" wouldn't, but might there be a threat to our current way of life from the great unwashed?

[Cliphead]

"We" wouldn't, but might there be a threat to our current way of life from the great unwashed?

They're not hurting enough. Yet.

[EternalOptimist]

They're not hurting enough. Yet.

They have their bread and circuses

benefits and the X factor

[doodab]

They're not hurting enough. Yet.

But will they ever be? Something that has struck me about Britain is that whenever things seem like they might boil over the people running the show seem to do just enough to avoid it happening. I don't know if that is something to be proud of or a bit of a curse that ultimately holds us back.

[Churchill]

"We" wouldn't, but might there be a threat to our current way of life from the great unwashed?

Plenty of laws against that kind of thing and Britains modern Police force is well trained to handle civil unrest*.

Some might say that this is all they've been trained for...

*They can do **** all else but if there's a riot to quell they're your boys and girls.

[Doggy Styles]

But will they ever be? Something that has struck me about Britain is that whenever things seem like they might boil over the people running the show seem to do just enough to avoid it happening. I don't know if that is something to be proud of or a bit of a curse that ultimately holds us back.

A curse that ultimately holds us back from what?

What would these people rise up against - democracy?

[doodab]

A curse that ultimately holds us back from what?

Something else.

[Jeff Maginty]

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