There are many ways this could play out, but as SHTFPlan.com’s Mac Slavo notes, few could deny that any number of critical factors are coming to a head right here at home.
If economic collapse is particularly harsh, things could easily spiral out of control. Civil unrest could become the norm, and things could reach a very desperate point.
But depending upon what specific events take place, the police and military may not remain on the side of the federal government, but may support and defend the American people, and what could be a violence, bloody and drawn out struggle to rebuild what once was. What do you think will happen?
5 Factors That Could Transform Civil Unrest Into a Full-Blown Revolution
Authored by former Jeremiah Johnson via ReadyNutrition.com,
As mentioned in Part I of this series, the U.S. is (even after the election) on the cusp of a revolution. The potential for revolution exists in all countries at any given time. We will first list some of the factors that cause an uprising to transform into an all-encompassing revolution.
- Economic Factors: This could take the form of an economic collapse and/or runaway inflation/devaluation of a nation’s currency, as well as chronic or acute unemployment, lowered manufacturing base accompanied by firings or closure of positions or plants.
- Warfare: can lead to a country’s dissolution either by insurgency or occupation, followed by an attempt to resist (revolt) either against a foreign oppressor or a country that has (in the manner of the Hessians in the Revolutionary war) “invited in” an occupying army.
- Religious/Theological: in the form either of persecution of a culture’s predominant religion or factions/schisms leading to confrontation of conflict between two different religious groups.
- Government Oppression: in the form of excessive taxation, taxation with either no representation (as when an executive branch secures a ruling outside of actual legislative bodies or processes) or misrepresentation (a tax is declared for one thing and ends up being “sequestered” for another. Other forms of oppressive acts from a “legitimate” established government include martial law declarations or unlimited police power in the hands of the State.
- Civil Unrest: due to any of the above factors, with the added problems of cultural or racial strife in the citizenry, with revolution as recourse, when the people suffer from the (genuine or perceived) blight of believing/knowing there is no legislative or demonstrative recourse in a peaceful vein. It can also parallel economic factors when the abolition of the middle class occurs with a great disparity of wealth between the rich and the poor.
Revolutions usually are not an instantaneous occurrence, but rather have a slow buildup toward their culmination or climax. When a population suffers for a long period of time without any hope of change in a democratic fashion and their basic needs as individuals and families are not being met, many times matters are taken into their own hands. This is not necessarily a “right” or a “wrong” issue: it just is. Revolution is endemic, so to speak, of the human race.
Societies and nations come into being as a result of revolutions, and usually follow a cycle: an upswing, or rise, followed by a peak where the country or culture is at its zenith, and then a slow (sometimes sudden) decline, and then collapse. For some extra reading, the work “Collapse,” by Jared Diamond gives several examples of civilizations that have declined slowly or disappeared suddenly and swiftly that are really worth reading.
The Founding Fathers of the United States were adamant when the nation was in its infancy that the Revolutionary War was intended to be a “one-time thing, not repeated” because (they so believed) the framework of our government was intended to be one of checks and balances. These safeguards were meant to ensure that power does not accrue only into the hands of one branch (especially the executive branch) to prevent a dictatorship.
They were not, however, able to envision a nation of 320 million people and the technological advances that enable almost a complete surveillance state to be set into place. They also were (mostly) of English stock and forbears and did not foresee the ethnic, social, and cultural diversities and challenges that would arise with the influx of millions of immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries. In their wisdom, however, they placed the 2nd Amendment into the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights: the purpose of this was not to enable hunting and marksmanship so much as it was to enable the people to have recourse to arms if a government ever became dictatorial or totalitarian.
A government that is in the process of being overthrown always labels the rebels as “terrorists” or “criminals” because it is a process that overthrows the existing social and political order. A government’s primary function is to perpetuate itself while quelling or preventing dissent or overthrow: survival of the entity and not the individual is the goal. “Bloodless” revolutions never truly occur: a life will always be lost in the process somewhere.
Revolution usually is (and should be) a last resort. One of the greatest dangers in the overthrow of an existing government is that the revolutionaries will become the very thing they sought to overthrow: a dictatorship with no room for dissent in any way, shape, or form. The most successful revolutions occur when the rebels muster up enough popular support that even when not supplied with men or materials, the populace (at bare minimum) stays neutral and gets out of the way of the rebels.
In the U.S. we currently have a ton of demonstrations and protests regarding the presidential election (those just jumping on the bandwagon to be a part of a cause, although liberals at heart), paid disrupters/agents provocateur (on the Soros payroll to instigate, for example), and Clinton supporters. These are not revolutionaries, although they view themselves as such. They are not out to “overthrow” the government but to perpetuate the state of continuous “soft-socialism” we have been living under for the past 8 years.
If a revolution occurs in the U.S. it will come as the result of clashes between the Right and the Left as the Left continues to jockey for position and attempt to discredit and reverse the election results, and the Right is just sort of standing around to see what happens. It may also come if the current administration refuses to end, either by a declaration of martial law or involvement in a new war that has catastrophic consequences that enable the executive branch to stay in power. Only time will tell if one occurs in the U.S. as a result of these elections and any possible post-election chicanery, but make no mistake: the citizens are “keyed up” and we may just see it. As Gary Franchi and his band so eloquently state it, “Revolution never comes with a warning,” and this is because it usually seethes on the back burner until the top blows off.
Go Speed Racer on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 7:10 am
The electrical college should Dumo Trump.
This is very good explanation about what Hamilton wanted the electoral college to do.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38297353
Nowadays everybody so fat and stupid,
they don’t care about the Constitution anyway.
Cloggie on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 7:29 am
Pictures from Pennsylvania University:
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/12/penn-students-replace-shakespeare-picture-with-audre-lorde/
The great Shakespeare replaced by a Audre Lorde (never heard of him), but at least he is not an “evil white man”.
Oh wait, it is a she and her main claim to fame is that she is black, woman, feminist and lesbian. If only she were Jewish and handicapped as well and everything would be perfect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde
Pennsylvania is situated in the future country Trans-Appalachia, where whites have been largely replaced with non-whites.
Won’t be long until Middle America will have as much affinity with Trans-Appalachia as with, say Liberia in Africa and transfer equal amounts of money to it, that is: not much.
The electrical college should Dump Trump.
It is obvious that “Go Speed Racer” is a Dems-voter and will be a future resident of Trans-Appalachia, just like boat and ghung.
Alternative names for Trans-Appalachia could be “Greater Baltimore”, “New Africa” or “New Israel” (to do justice to the future leaders of that territory and NWO theme park).
Trans-Appalachia: it is not exactly what the Trotsky and Soros crowd had imagined to be their NWO, but it is still better than nothing. Expect that millions of Israelis will be airlifted to Trans-Appalachia by the time Palestine will be reincorporated in the new Ottoman Empire.
Mazzeltov!
Cloggie on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 7:36 am
It is hilarious to read the comments under the article:
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/12/penn-students-replace-shakespeare-picture-with-audre-lorde/
One should obviously match the names and avatars with the corresponding opinions to realize that everything in life and loyalties in particular is ethnic determined.
According to George Soros that is a racist opinion. Oh, and it is the truth.
Davy on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 7:44 am
“It is obvious that “Go Speed Racer” is a Dems-voter and will be a future resident of Trans-Appalachia, just like boat and ghung.”
Clog, do you know what a jester is?
https://www.google.com/#q=jester+definition
“jest·er
ˈjestər/Submit
nounhistorical
a professional joker or “fool” at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock scepter.
synonyms: fool, court fool, court jester, clown, harlequin, pantaloon; More
a person who habitually plays the fool.
synonyms: joker, clown, comedian, comic, humorist, wag, wit, prankster, jokester, trickster, buffoon; More”
Clog, a jester performs the task of keeping the absolute monarch from getting too serious and burning the civilization down. When we get so serious we can’t laugh at ourselves “that’s all she wrote”.
Light’n up Cloggie, Speeder is great fun
paulo1 on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 9:12 am
I could probably sit down and list a dozen countries, without too much effort, that came into being without a revolution. Why waste the time? I am sure that with a little energy towards research we could find 100. Why quibble with a nut?
The US is a long way from open revolution unless something drastic happens like scsrewing with the Trump win. Even then, there is a big gap between unrest and violence and revolution.
There are too many supports in EBT cards and high carb franken food that offset potential violence. That, and mind-numbing drugs and electronics. “Manana. Pass the coors and chips”.
Cloggie on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 9:38 am
Clog, do you know what a jester is?
Of course, it was a European phenomenon. A jester was a funny little chap who entertained the aristocrats in the court surrounding the king. The jester was the only one who to a limited extent could speak the truth without having to fear to be punished, as he was powerless anyway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester
In literature, the jester is symbolic of common sense and of honesty, notably in King Lear, where the court jester is a character used for insight and advice on the part of the monarch, taking advantage of his license to mock and speak freely to dispense frank observations and highlight the folly of his monarch. This presents a clashing irony as a “greater” man could dispense the same advice and find himself being detained in the dungeons or even executed. Only as the lowliest member of the court can the jester be the monarch’s most useful adviser.
Davy on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 9:42 am
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-14/someone-has-officially-called-cias-bluff-over-russia
Davy on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 9:45 am
Right Clog, Speeder is our board jester. I for one enjoy his humor. You can be funny too when you let yourself. I try sometimes but my humor is backwards and dry. Sometimes I may sound serious but I am being funny at least to myself.
Apneaman on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 10:30 am
SHTF plan, another troop of denier baboons. All this bad shit may happen, but environmental predicaments don’t exist for them (cause of jesus N liberals N stuff) thus there is no reason to discuss or prepare for them. Yep, these are the go to folks for life saving prepper planning for you and yours. Fucking morons. Oh they probably have a few things right, but since it’s obvious civilizational collapse process has been underway for at least a few decades, how hard is to get a few things correct? Anyone who is in denial of what the humans insatiable dopamine chasing has done to their life giving biosphere and the ongoing and increasing consequences is disqualified due to their emotional/psychological immaturity. Any western adult, except those born and raised into ghetto/trailer trash extreme poverty, has no excuse for such willful stupidity and ignorance. It far exceeds any evolutionary psychology explanations. Without the protection of their technological bubbles and the big gov nanny state evolution would have weeded them out long ago.
BTW, how are a bunch of fat assed mericans going to have a revolution from their couches and keyboards?
penury on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 10:34 am
I think the “revolution” is already underway and the outcome looks dangerous for the nation and the world. With the EU being managed from Brussels which also is the headquarters of NATO Europe will do as they are told by POTUS even when the actions destroy their own countries. Russian sanctions are a good example. When elections can be voided by a radical minority the end may not be here but,it is clearly in sight.
Hubert on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 10:36 am
Average American Idiot is not ready.
Apneaman on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 11:27 am
Anyone else ever hear of the hypothesis that lead poisoning contributed to the fall of the western Roman empire?
I wonder?
4 million Americans could be drinking toxic water and would never know
“RANGER, Texas — The leaders of this former oil boomtown never gave 2-year-old Adam Walton a chance to avoid the poison.
It came in city water, delivered to his family’s tap through pipes nearly a century old. For almost a year, the little boy bathed in lead-tainted water and ate food cooked in it. As he grew into a toddler — when he should have been learning to talk — he drank tap water containing a toxin known to ravage a child’s developing brain.
Adam’s parents didn’t know about the danger until this fall.”
“Officials at City Hall knew long before then, according to local and state records. So did state and federal government regulators who are paid to make sure drinking water in Texas and across the nation is clean. Ranger and Texas officials were aware of a citywide lead problem for two years — one the city still hasn’t fixed…..”
http://news.opera-api.com/news/detail/57c46b663758a34cb5e16526183620cc
Of course, unlike all levels of US governments, the Romans never knew.
‘You’re in Good Hands With CorpState’
Plantagenet on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 12:11 pm
Its highly unlikely that leftists will organize a revolution in the US.
They couldn’t even get themselves organized to vote against Trump.
Cheers!
Revi on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 12:13 pm
We are going to see problems soon.
The only evidence I have is the following:
Nobody can afford a typical American lifestyle any more.
Mom and Dad both drive cars, and the average person spends $9000 a year on a car, so $18,000 is taken right off the top.
A lot of people don’t even make that, so problems are sure to come.
Cloggie on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 12:19 pm
Its highly unlikely that leftists will organize a revolution in the US.
Revolution may be big word, chaos might be a better word. There are however millions in the US who think that looting constitutes “justice”:
http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/in-defense-of-looting/
http://www.unz.com/freed/wimp-nation-poised-to-fall/
https://twitter.com/nettaaaaaaaa/status/650364106462076928
This DeRay McKesson chap is George Soros funded (where did he pick up this Scottish affirmative action name?).
Go Speed Racer on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 12:57 pm
Hi peak oil chat board. I think the peak oil chat board
is cool. I get leads to new information here. Never know
what might be found. I even learned about a great new
SUV for sale, the Canyonero.
Hi Davy and Clogged,
Yeah Davy got it right, I am the board bull schmitter.
I used to write down rock solid techno talk, ways to
entirely solve the energy issue, etc.
But I always got my head sawed off, and handed to me
by the other readers.
Now I just write down BS, like if you hook the wires
from the coal plant to them big windmills, they work
like big fans and blow the smoke away. Everybody
likes that better than the serious stuff.
I occasionally put up something genuine, like
the link above, for electoral college versus Trump on BBC.
Clogged got it wrong, I dislike Hillary so much, i never voted for her. Too politically correct and she hates white males. That’s why she didn’t marry one.
After voting Trump, now he looks so preposterously non presidential, if the electrical college booted him and put in Billary, that would be fine.
I am told my views are very ‘average’ so I am not the only one thinking this.
It’s been a great chance to learn why Hamilton set it up that way. He figured the general populace could become too stupid to elect a president safely.
Looks like Hamilton was correct!
Glad ya all like my sarcasm and try to smile. Fact is we all need more happiness, even just to cope.
Don’t let the anger and gloom feelings take over, even though they ought to.
(O;
Revi on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 12:59 pm
Trump will make an excellent designated scapegoat.
Go Speed Racer on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 1:03 pm
Check out that quote:
“BTW, how are a bunch of fat assed mericans going to have a revolution from their couches and keyboards?”
Yep, sleep apnea man, he really nailed it.
Go Speed Racer on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 1:08 pm
We can still dump trump 4 years from now, maybe before him and the publicans have the color TV loaded into their getaway van.
All that’s needed is for the democraps to come up with a real candidate.
Michelle Obama? George McGovern? Use a time machine and go back to 1980, bring back Bernie Sanders when he was younger?
Tom S on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 1:55 pm
Hey Iver, when is your movie coming out? Isn’t is supposed to be mid-December? I realize these things get delayed a bit sometimes…
-Tom S
Tom S on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 1:57 pm
By the way, I look forward to watching it.
-Tom S
Anonymous on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 3:07 pm
This article is phoney as just about everything else in amerikaland. There is no ‘right’ or ‘left’ in empire, just the corporate war-state, its support structures and personnel, and everyone else. Since the corporate war-state has managed to convince amerikas brain dead serfs that ITS interests and goals coincide with theirs, they have managed to make the idea of a revolution, almost unthinkable to the ‘average amerikan’.
Amerika wll fall apart, but I really doubt it will a bottom up affair, simply because amerikans are too stupid, lazy and blind, and are quite incapable of ever making something like that happen. They simply dont know where their true interest lies. The uS elites OTOH, know exactly where their interests lay. One thing we can say with near-certainly, it wont have fuck-all to do with any manufactured struggle between, ‘left’ vs ‘right’.
makati1 on Wed, 14th Dec 2016 7:00 pm
The U$ is already fractured. The couch potatoes will rise up when they can no longer suck on the government teat and food becomes the number one importance in their lives. I see that day in the near future. After all, there are already about 100 million unemployed adults with nothing else to do except surf porn, drink beer and clean their guns. Most of them under 40 and over their heads in debt. Even a rabbit will bite if cornered and hungry.
The fun is just beginning, folks. “Human Extinction”, the Greatest Show on Earth, to borrow a phrase from P.T.Barnum.
Cloud9 on Thu, 15th Dec 2016 7:32 am
What everyone needs to recognize is that the same mime was generated for both camps. Had Hillary won the election, the Trump supporters were primed with the narrative that George Soros had purchased control of the voting machines. Now that Trump has won, the narrative is being pushed that the Russians hacked the election. I suspect that these narratives are being generated by the same circle of oligarchs who want to destroy the legitimacy of the election and plunge the nation into chaos.
Mao and Stalin were the two of the most successful oligarchs of the 20th century. Their acolytes yearn to assume the same position in their new world order fantasy. Like their mentors, they are willing to break a few eggs to make an omelet even if it means plunging the nation into a civil war that kills millions.
The civil war begins when the chaos breaks the supply chains. Mine begins when they start kicking in doors.
makati1 on Thu, 15th Dec 2016 8:37 am
Cloud9, you are saying what I have said often. The goal of TPTB is to level the playing field so that a world government can be formed. That requires the 1st world to be destroyed to the point where all 7 billion of us serfs are on the same low level. From current events, that appears to be evolving in record speed. What else can explain the last 16 years?
Have you ever seen an old car windshield that was fractured into thousands of little glass chunks, held in place only until some small tap sends them flying? THAT is the U$ and much of the West today. Fragile beliefs (denial) holding a great civil explosion in stasis. It is most visible in Europe, but becoming more so everyday in the U$. Maybe 2017 will be the year of the “Big Bang”?
Revi on Thu, 15th Dec 2016 11:43 am
Our film is due out pretty soon. We are finishing up the titles and burning DVD’s next week, hopefully!
We hope to ship them the week after to those who helped with the kickstarter.
It works really well to talk to the uninitiated about peak oil.
We have had short discussions after the showings and they went well.
Back to the above topic. Be careful what you wish for!
I lived in Central America in the 80’s and there was a revolution going on. Not as much fun as you think.
Go Speed Racer on Thu, 15th Dec 2016 4:28 pm
Whats the movie name?