| This question <17|20> overall <17|19> Hans: <14|19>. |
| Question 12: Describe a situation in daily life in which this “abstractness” of wealth becomes an issue. |
| [18] Hans: The Ungrateful Children Theory of Revolution The sociological analysis of revolutions cited by Daklar [17] tries to explain revolutions by the fact that reality cannot keep up with quickly rising expectations. People get spoiled because things have been getting better for a long time, therefore they lose their temper when there is a downturn and make a revolution. I am sure the ruling class loved this kind of “theory”. This is what university professors get paid for. |
| How the Russian revolution can be fitted under this pattern is beyond me. Russia was devastated and exhausted by World War I, and the ruling class was deeply discredited. Also today's situation has only very superficial resemblance with this pattern. Wages had been stagnant for 25 years and only slowly began to rise again in the 1990s. And there has been a blatant increase in the income gap between the rich and the poor. I see much more stress and instability in the lives of those who grow up today compared to my own generation. And the ruling class is completely irresponsible in their handling of international affairs and the environment. If they stay in power much longer, they will drive the earth to ecological catastrophe. |
| A revolution is an effort to deliberately change a social structure. This is an incredibly difficult task. But already the Declaration if Independence noted that in certain situations revolution is a moral imperative. |
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