Even if they cared, with modern surveillance do you think the government would ever allow anything other than a peaceful protest?
I'm so cynical that any type of revolt, even moderately "violent", would be squashed before it ever had a chance to fully form.
It truly is an interesting time. Initially, corporations were to have a definite lifespan (something like 70 years). Of course they got rid of that.
Our system wasn't designed for corporate influence of this magnitude. Our forefathers were pretty smart dudes..I wonder how they'd change the constitution knowing what we know now.
Or would our forefathers be the monied interests taking advantages of these new structures? Many of the protections put in place especially benefit the economically well-off.
Playing devil's advocate, possibly the most populist-friendly protection is the 2nd amendment, in that there's a school of thought that says escalating the conflict to put the pressure on the people pulling the trigger - rather than letting them just forcefully disband an unarmed protest - is what it would take to get the soldiers of the government to refuse to carry out death sentences against their fellow citizens. However, historically the US government has not been shy about coming down hard on armed resistance, so it's unclear that it is any real use.
One of the more interesting (and either depressing or hopeful, depending on your perspective) lessons of a study of early American history is it's not some ideal period with no discontent and everything since has been decay. In many ways it's definitely better now. Human history, globally, is not pretty.
Which isn't to say we should stop trying to improve, but important to recognize that it will, and has always, taken a lot of struggle.
I'm so cynical that any type of revolt, even moderately "violent", would be squashed before it ever had a chance to fully form.
It truly is an interesting time. Initially, corporations were to have a definite lifespan (something like 70 years). Of course they got rid of that.
Our system wasn't designed for corporate influence of this magnitude. Our forefathers were pretty smart dudes..I wonder how they'd change the constitution knowing what we know now.