The man who was advised by an AI ChatBot to kill Queen Elizabeth with a crossbow may have been crazy, but in 1776 Americans would have killed the King of England without regret. The main difference was that the Americans had a large army and support from France. George Washington may have looked silly by today's standards, but in his day he was not considered a crackpot.
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It's not unreasonable for the poor to seek an uprising against the wealthy and powerful. In fact, it is the only reasonable thing to do. We often adore the stories like Les Misérables or Dr. Zhivago (fiction) around the Russian Revolution. But, in those cases it wasn't about dividing the wealth and then carrying on, it was about devising a new political-economy system which would allow more people to have a chance at benefiting. In Russia and Cuba, the more extreme idea of equal wealth for all has failed. In China, they are trying to give more economic opportunity, but political power is still very controlled. In the "Western" world, the wealth gap which has developed is worrying. Will it cause revolution, unrest, violence? Well, it already has. Are the police shooting innocents in the street? Yes. Has the minimum wage increased to keep up with the growth in GDP or productivity? No. Are politicians doing enough to help their poor electorate? No. Are they at least doing enough to keep our Democracy afloat? Barely.
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Trends which go unchanged can be as dangerous as a single radical violent action. Would relations between Russia and Ukraine be better than this single violent war where Ukraine seeks independence and freedom? It might not seem so bad to the frog in the pot of warm water, but a trend is a trend.
In America, the trend is not good and the politicians who are easily bought off by a handful of magic beans (which will get them reelected) is not going to allow the trend to change. In fact, the Republican politicians who are most dedicated to helping the rich keep all their wealth are also the ones who do the least to benefit their voters. They seem to feel that keeping their voters poor and uneducated, not unlike slaves or ghetto-dwellers, is best to convince those voters that the big-government Liberals are their one and only enemy. So far, it's working. The rich are getting richer while everybody else makes little progress, rising as fast as unleavened bread dough.
Is it morally wrong to kill the oppressor(s)? Perhaps. It's hard to be certain. But, if there are millions who agree with you that the trend must be changed, then you can at least feel you won't end up with the wrong end of the crossbow. Is it wrong to "work within the system" to seek changes? Perhaps. It's hard to be certain. The peoples of this world who remain in monarchic political systems don't seem to feen bad about being in a warm pot of water if it doesn't seem to be getting hotter. Maybe their children will feel it's normal, or somewhere down the line one will ask why the water is so damn hot. "How much is too much?", that is the question.
Personally, I'd rather work within the system. I'm a bit idealistic that way, though I see signs that it may be a failing effort. The fascist-Right are acting out, and it's destructive with no idea of a better future. Who can say which kind of rational behavior (however crazy-looking it may seem in future generations) will be best.
And in the short-run, the wealthy get richer, the federal debt is over $30 trillion, George Floyd is dead, innocents in Baltimore were killed, there are shootings everywhere and no end to it in sight. And in the short-run, people are not happy with their employers. Just today, I mentioned to a check-out clerk at a grocery store that I was disappointed in the company and the clerk said, "I'm disappointed every day when I come to work".
If people aren't overly angry at the super-rich or at their employers or at their elected officials, then what will make them angry enough to vote differently or to do violence? What is the breaking point?
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