Alsephina@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agoThe fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazylemmy.mlimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1874arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1862arrow-down1imageThe fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazylemmy.mlAlsephina@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareتحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 days agoThe revolution was about missed meals and lack of food. The US isn’t there yet.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoThis is faaaar too low. The French Revolution was really triggered by famine and people not having enough food.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 days agoI’m not sure I would characterize it that way. It was a bourgeois revolution, lead by the bourgeoisie, who were not starving. Same with the American Revolution. These were revolutions led by & funded by people who owned the means of production.
The revolution was about missed meals and lack of food. The US isn’t there yet.
This is faaaar too low. The French Revolution was really triggered by famine and people not having enough food.
I’m not sure I would characterize it that way. It was a bourgeois revolution, lead by the bourgeoisie, who were not starving. Same with the American Revolution. These were revolutions led by & funded by people who owned the means of production.