What will be the match to ignite the revolution?

[historian]

26. discomfort

Once Americans are deprived of their "rights" to ever more outlandish cars, 700 feet tv sets and gadgets galore; that is when the revolution will begin. Unfortunately anyone familiar with history will note that major revolutions such as France, Russia and even here, began with the intellectuals and intelligentsia. Unfortunately we lack those today; instead we have Limbaugh and Beck. We have as leaders imbeciles of the greatest magnitude throughout history (Reagan, Bush and practically the entire congress) so inspiration will not come from there.
No, sadly it has to come from the feeling that people are being deprived of cheap credit, inability to buy new cars and gadgets. Once they feel that, then the time will be ripe. However, there is one distinct point which, unless I am sadly mistaken, was the lack of scapegoats. It was the people versus the status quo while here it is Americans against other Americans. Attach a label to someone, and distract the great unwashed from reality and voila. Americans do not so much resent Congress, the usurpation of civil liberties, the crimes and infamies of the authorities as they do the perception that life is not as rosy as they are led to believe from the moment of birth. I.E we are Americans, therefore we deserve.
A distinct lack of education, and i do not merely mean the ability to read and write with a certain amount of accuracy, as it is to comprehend the subject matter being presented. The average American, and i include college graduates in this, lack a basic knowledge of the world around them. Afghanistan? Oh those Arabs again only afghans are not Arabs. Damn Asians come here and steal our jobs or have a business in a matter of days. Never mind the fact that these people have studied hard all their life and dedicated themselves to family and prosperity. The lie of course was the idea that all one had to do was come to these shores, apply to the government for help, be given free of charge, thousands of dollars and there you have it. Another foreign business taken from Americans. The fact that these businesses, regardless of the owners, furnish jobs!!
No, sadly enough, Americans are not emotionally ready for a revolution based on fact or understanding; they are only ready to use violence in order to maintain a way of life which cannot be sustained.