Good point, GUEST and this is kibnda what we've been talking about here... I have suggested that the US is closing in on a ***tipping point*** with the vast divide between the "have and the have-nots"...

The income duisribution is so out of wack that when we get to that point the folks that the wealthy have traditionally ***used*** as pawns (i.e. Southern Man and his close cousins in the Midwest) to hold power will turn away from the greedy... History is repleat with such scenerios... Right now, the ruling class is content on making loans to the pawns to keep the pawns somewhat content with toys but those loans will come due and with Southern Man's real income stagnant or going backwards there will come a breaking point...

Traditionally, Southern Man has been led to believe that "BIG Government" and "welfare" are the boogie-men but that dog is gettin' a little slower and a little blinder and his hunting days are numbered...

I'm sure that Boss Hog has PR folks working hard trying to come up with boogie'men-de-jours for Southern Man to blame when the notes come due but, hey, it ain't college professors, liberals, intellectuals or black folk who will be calling in the notes...

So, yeah, most of us here understand the connectiveness between power and poverty but "revolutions", be they violent ot not, find their own times... They are not channeled thru some kinda light switch...

Bobert