tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post8154753184091016923..comments2024-03-21T22:36:54.451-04:00Comments on HISTORIES OF THINGS TO COME: Occupy 1848 and Millennial Mash-UpsLC Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-2670729168841175392012-01-07T05:11:42.137-05:002012-01-07T05:11:42.137-05:00Thanks for your comment J., yes, I think focussing...Thanks for your comment J., yes, I think focussing on the class aspect of these protests does not give the whole picture.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905155363976375938.post-1010261447038177652012-01-06T23:10:21.245-05:002012-01-06T23:10:21.245-05:00Time before last I saw my dad, he had me read a ve...Time before last I saw my dad, he had me read a vehemently leftist book about American history, in which the author (who wrote the book late 70s/early 80s) hoped for a union of the middle classes and the poor against the rich, which he called a "Revolution of the Guards" (the poor being the prisoners, and the middle class being the guards). Dad himself hoped the Occupy movement was the start of this.<br /><br />As for me, I think that the UK siding more with the US, at least economically, is probably inevitable. Politically, that's another matter. As for the long term, I wouldn't be surprised if all the alliances fell apart. -JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com