COVID-19 is the climax to this 4T

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(04-28-2020, 08:21 AM)Isoko Wrote: It is becoming clear to me then ever that the people themselves do not really want change. Sure, they vote for Trump, Brexit and other populist uprisings in protest but when it comes to building a better tomorrow, they simply do not have an interest in doing so. Nature, beauty, true diversity, all is shoved under the bus to make way for me, me, me.

I disagree.  The populists do want change:  they want to share in the fruits of success that had been going entirely to the elites since the early 1970s.

The issue is that the elites don't want to give up their privileged position.  The elites don't want change, since that would mean they might not stay on top.  They may want to extract the last drop of blood from the workers, but they're not going to risk change to do that.

Since the elites have control of the press and the bureaucracy, they can force a stalemate, at least until the populists get so fed out violence breaks out.