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Originally Posted by rubecube
Especially true if the trend towards automation continues and a living wage can't be established. A lot of the fear that prevents the lower class from going after the wealthy has to do with the fact that they still enjoy a relatively comfortable lifestyle that they don't want to lose. If that starts to deteriorate, at a certain point there's going to be backlash that's a lot less peaceful than what we saw during #occupy.
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I pray we have space travel figured out by that point, so that we can ship the poor and unskilled to Alpha Centauri.