A genuine analysis

When they reject the outcomes they are rejecting the system. Being organized or not or conscious of the underlying cause of the conditions you live in is not relevant. What is relevant is that they increase the costs on the system as a whole. Incarceration rates and costs place an increasing burden (oh and also remove potentially productive members of society, yay hidden costs) on the system which has finite resources. Social security (BTW i don't argue that receiving a check in the mail doesn't improve ones financial situation, be it SS or welfare, but that the system is not designed to alleviate poverty since it rewards poverty, it is those who would implement these policies with the purpose of alleviating poverty who are wrong about the outcomes) is expected to hit a point in which demands will outnumber contributions and then what? Senior citizens vote in the highest numbers, and they will be threatened with reduction of benefits when they hit a point in which they represent the highest percentage of the population ever. Who the hell is going to campaign (and win) on the reduce benefits ticket?


Economic mismanagement was a serious factor in bringing down several large empires. Lets just throw out the British, French, Russian, and the Romans. What is going to happen when the US can't pay its welfare checks, military, police, prison gaurds, social security and farm subsidies? When the money stops flowing (or loses its value) there will be a revolution.

Violent revolutions are generally bad for business (there are probably a few that it could be good for as there are opportunities in everything) and they will do the natural intelligent thing, move away. Capital flight will exacerbate the situation caused by government overspending fueling whatever form the revolution takes.

The point was just that subsection of population X will be unhappy regardless of system Y that is in place. Of course the more homogeneous the population is the small subsection is, or the smaller the amount of unhappiness, but to maintain this status you must close your borders to the huddled masses.