Comments on: Unusually Vulnerable to Political Violence

By: etype

etype — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:48:30 +0000

This “cliodynamics” has at last revealed irrefutable proof that the Tea Party did knowingly and with malice aforethought cause both the French Revolution and the Civil War. What spleen! What gall! That and taking a innocuous name like “Tea Party” thinking that would fool anyone….

By: James A. Donald

James A. Donald — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:28:21 +0000

The underlying theory is that the elite living off the state tend to multiply until it becomes unsustainable – the people who are supposed to defend the state find their pay is late, or paid with worthless money, or efforts to raise the necessary money provoke tax revolt.

However, he puts a left wing spin on the familiar right wing theory. Supposedly the Tea Party are the plutocrats living off the state, and the people on welfare are the oppressed masses.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:59:37 +0000

Funny how it’s always the fault of the Tea Party when a crisis looms. The French nobles were wrong, the South was wrong, but the status quo leading us into economic disaster is right?

Pull the other one, it’s got bells on.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:25:18 +0000

“…cliodynamics indicates that during the next decade the United States will be unusually vulnerable to an outbreak…”

Interesting. Is there something else backing this up?

Am (very) new to cliodynamics, and it would be great to see the “technology” that results in this prediction. (Supplementing the usual ‘history rhymes’ routine.)

Reading recommendations welcomed.