Ashliegh really... seems ya missed the revolution... Or as best as we are likely to see. It was non violent... It happened Nov 4. It worked the way the founding fathers wanted it to without too much bloodshed.

Are people still scared shitless??? Yeah I think many are. Is the current situation stressful... Hell yes. Are many acting in a manner inconsistent with what many would consider their core character, maybe.

Like I said before. It may be up a bit, it may be folks you wouldn't on prima facia consider one who would pull the trigger. There are gun control fears <though Obama has backed down hard on that one deciding it is not viable>.

When ya actually see a real revolution, lemme know, I have little faith in the bureaucracy. Don't get me wrong, I like Obama a lot, I think he is our best hope. But I see too many aspects of Shock Doctrine occurring including corporate welfare when the screw the pooch.

I don't actually feel death, i have a lot of hope and a feeling the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train for one of the few times in my life. The birth you may be feeling is the resurrection of the old ways... the death is of the newborne corporate fascist machine shrub created. Perhaps at some point I will get my civil liberties back.

But that is off the topic <sorry for the hijack quel>

Are there more bodies... Once again nope, don't think so. But gotta see the stats and rates per 100000. My suspician is it is not any worse.

JSin

Are you kidding? I have no idea what the local news is, but I do read about current events, which I would recommend if you want to be aware. Sorry, but I'm not one of those people that only pay attention to the realities that suit me. There is a world around us and pretending doesn't make it go away. NOT addressing it perpetuates is. There is a ton of misinformation and the effects are real, in these cases, they cost people their lives. Am I perpetuating that?
I realize the focus of your studies is on the individual, the focus of mine is on the community and society at large. If you don't see the connection and are only intellectually curious about the former, perhaps you need a more well-rounded curriculum.
Keeping our heads in the clouds only allow those who know social engineering to continue hoodwinking us. If we fail to recognize cause and effect on the societal psyche, we fail to truly understand what it is to be human.

I see no reason why I should be incurious about why people believe things that are obviously not true, why they act upon them and why entities are encouraging that thought. If we don't shine a light, we'll all be left in the darkness.

Fundamental change would be raising minimum wage to something livable, universal healthcare and a total restructuring of the government.
I agree.I think it will take more than 100 days to accomplish this though. It makes sense to me that poverty or the illusion of lack creates crime.
I think that revolution that people tend to talk about, like walking over noble's heads and what not is the big dramatic points of a revolution. Even that revolution was probably cooking for months and years, in a lot of long boring meetings. And then went on for years after .
Imagine how long it takes to evolve/ revolution from within. It's a lot of waiting and boring meetings too.