Easy Question.

When the government gives you free food, free housing, free money and free phones and of course free sports you have nice things to distract you from the fact that you need free hand outs from the government (which is stealing them from the middle class) to support you because the cost of living in your nation so vastly out strips the ability of the masses of the lower class to survive on minimum wage, there is no reason to protest.

Bread and games.

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Bread and games is a more accurate translation actually. Roman circus (where Senators and other politicians would often buy votes with bread) were sporting arenas, not ringling brothers type clown circus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Maximus

I believe it is coming to the U.S. and I think the government knows too and thats why they are massing guns and ammo with armored tanks and hardcore riot gear. Also practicing shooting targets that look like American women, children, and elderly. It's also the reason they are spying on us. they are gathering information before the situation comes so that they know who to target when it happens. We are the new enemy and its not long before they engage us. There is going to be some new event that takes place that is going to put the people over the edge. Maybe another war. maybe something as simple as cops killing another innocent person. The conditions are all set for this country to erupt into a shit storm

absolutely agreed.so many fewer citizens in the U.S. have little faith left in the political,monetary processes...more are being made aware of the propaganda machine....people are becoming desperate,someone said this wouldn't happen in the U.S. for ten years or so?I think it could happen anytime,just the right flame for a very dry tinderbox will be all it will take.Once it starts,it's gonna be ugly,and it is coming.

oh ya dude it is a lot closer than people think. The government is running drills in major cities using the army to practice for civil unrest. there is videos of it on youtube of them flying helicopters through miami shooting fake rounds off. Also in Texas they practiced taking over buildings. All kinds of drills. It is slowly heating up. All I can think of is to get a bunch of food and water and self defense. I will do my part when the time comes because I know my life is screwed if I do or do not resist. Might as well resist like some of the jews did who didn't want to go down in history as cowards/sheep.

Oh its on Youtube? Then it most be true. /s

Yes, because YouTube is magic and effect the facts of any video uploaded, it magically makes them untrue, no matter what their source.

You're a genius for knowing that.

zing! news videos get put on youtube too its not made by some guy in his basement.

Even if it was, how does that make it untrue? Not laying this at your feet but Reddit certainly has trained people to accept poisoning the well as a legitimate position.

even if it was made by a guy in his basement? I don't personally think that counts it out, but I was explaining to that sarcastic gentleman that it was from a legit source rather than one of those videos titled "omg the queen is a reptilian watch her eyes change". I have seen a ton of good videos made by small time youtubers that are super legit and use good sources. so ya I love youtube. and for that guy to come at me like that is totally ridiculous

Please show me one of these totally legit videos.

I'm not gonna play your little troll games. it was in the news and it happened. good day sir.

I am not a troll. Saying "it happened" isn't proof.

Debt is a great indicator, we now have exponential debt growth in this nation however people still believe we can correct the debt issue..

Are we in the middle of a collapse and people are just refusing to accept the reality?

Edit: Think about when the Dollar loses world currency status.

It already nearly did lose its status during the shut down.

And now that it's accepted fact the US Government laundered all the gold that was entrusted to it, it's a matter of WEEKS before the massive collapse is here. Look at what the market is doing. HSBC is questioning regular cash withdrawals and denying them if the customer withdrawing doesn't have a good reason to withdraw.

Won't be long now.

Yes. I totally see how a British bank denying withdrawals makes an American economic collapse imminent in WEEKS!

it's a matter of WEEKS before the massive collapse is here.

Put your tinfoil hat away. Bookmark this comment. At the end of the year, reflect on how foolish you are.

Trust me, if I'm wrong I will be very happy about it.

oh ya for sure idk how I forgot to mention that. That is something everyone can see too. Working more for less money (inflation) prices going up but our wages don't go up. Stores closing, homeless cities. I totally believe we are in the middle of a collapse. And they have no plans on reversing it. I think that is exactly what is on their minds because they have a even better idea of what is really going on. One day we will wake up and the dollar will have collapsed and then the shit will really hit the fan. Its just what happens to paper currencies

Don't forget that the DHS is hiring Mexicans who have been oppressed by Americans for decades, some of whom would be very willing to kill Americans for fun, let alone as a job.

You'd do better to worry about all the foreign troops the government is bringing Stateside.

idk why you got downvoted lol the government hires criminals to do dirty work all the time. And they also run some of the cartels in mexico so they have no shortage on murderous pyschos.

As a Mexican, I agree. I talked to my dad and he said that we're just rearing to go about killing off innocent American citizens.

No, I'm not serious. That's sarcasm.

I avoided making a sweeping generalization, and you turn around and make a sweeping generalization, and get yourself added to a database with all of those keywords in your comment. Well played.

No, it wasn't well played. That's sarcasm.

> Mexicans who have been oppressed by Americans for decades, some of whom would be very willing to kill Americans for fun

Nope. Not a sweeping generalization at all.

And I made a sweeping generalization as a point. It was me saying "This is you and your logic and your tactics."

But hey, don't let me stop you from putting on that tinfoil hat. At the end of the day, you can do whatever the fuck you want to do.

Protests also here in Bulgaria. It's been quite a while now.

Ha, Americans were just shown how their own government (read:NSA) pisses all over their constitution and law. Not a peep. Look!! Super Bowl!!!

Black thugs! Justin Bieber!

Doubt it, Americans are asleep to what's really going on.

check out this 400 comment thread that was deleted

http://en.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1tn0rp/what_is_stopping_american_citizens_from_mass/

The apocalypse is not something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it's only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse. If you go to Bosnia or Somalia or Peru or much of the third-world then it appears that the apocalypse has already arrived. - Terence McKenna

nope. /goes back to playing Candy Crush(tm) and watching The Real Keeping Up With The American Honey Boo Boo Dynasty Wars; cuz "Aliens.png" : Detriot Edition

so how come you are not protesting with violence? are you one of them?

Where did violence come from?

um...thats whats is going on in all those countries...

Protesting with violence? All legitimate peoples know that is not the answer.

Who did you say you worked for, again?

Not quite yet. But more people are getting to the point where they have nothing to lose. The cuts to unemployment probably just added a bunch of revolutionary recruits.

I hope so,it's about fuckin time if you ask me.

Personally I think "they" want us to protest. That way they can use their shiny toys to lock shit down.

What needs to happen is all of those who see past the wool that has been pulled over the eyes of the populous need to unite and use their collective voice to start waking people up. The propaganda machine can only last for so long once people start to realize how false it is, and the only way to do that is to present the facts and sort out the details for taking the whole machine apart by using nonviolent civil activism.

People just aren't realizing what it is that they will be losing. I don't really think I have a good sense of what will happen going down this path. I believe the system has been set up too well, and that is why we won't do anything until we are stripped of everything. Bad things that are worth stopping are happening to Americans on a daily basis, but these things don't affect our immediate routine. That is why this is still far off from happening. As sad as it is to say, the system has probably already decided when it will force a public uprising. Even then it will probably be for its own needs, not ours.

No, we're taking care of it.

demoralization stage: problem!...reaction and solution on the way.

This is cool and everything but I'm not sure if you aware that justin bieber was caught driving drunk. Also, Kourtnry Kardashian sister Kim was mean to her as a child.

bitch...

You're kidding, right?

The only thing I expect is icon changing.

Here's the Urban Dictionary definition of Icon Changer :

A person who loudly complains about various social/political issues, but limits their actual action to changing their facebook icon rather than actively protesting/working towards change.

If we could only get just a tenth of these icon changers to actually show up for a rally, it would be the largest America's ever seen.

^{about | flag for glitch | Summon: urbanbot, what is something?}

US may just be last. We have it pretty good. These cases of unrest around the world will increase in frequency until our time comes.

The revolution must be spiritual/psychological, and it must never come to violence, for if it does that will be an excuse to retaliate with violence, and all the handguns in the US will not be able to match the trillions invested in the military. That being said a social revolution is already taking place. Evidence of such can be seen in the legalization of recreational marijuana; Legal in three states, now it seems every day more state senators are proposing legislation. Economic revolution can also be seen in the rise of cryptocurrencies. The central bankers that have been puppeteering mankind of millenia are losing their grip. The internet spreads information 10x as efficiently as MSM which has been manipulating the masses since the radio.

The time is nigh my friends. Mount your golden steeds and prepare for meditative combat!

Yes...."Where there is no vision, the people go unrestrained" Proverbs 29:18

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will never happen as long as the steady flow of bread and circus continues on

Most of the people in the US are too lazy, ignorant, and distracted to start something. But who knows.

Not yet, as the stage is being prepared. Maybe in 10-15 years. There may be localised civil unrest before that.

Good one OP, I just laughed out loud. Thanks.

Add Argentina to the list.

I would wager, Britain would be or Germany, then probably Russia, china etc. Then USA

Don't forget Syria. Oh wait forgot we don't like that one.

nah. you'll know it's about to happen when monkeys fly out my ass

The United States doesn't know there is protesting in Ukraine. They are waiting to see what happens to Bieber.

Venezuela.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/venezuela/

Some of these protests are real and some are paid. I can't see them paying for protests here unless they think they can use them to make the police powers greater, or to influence the elections.

The US has great lives and opportunities compared to people in those countries. Protesting would hurt people's lives not help them.

And this attitude right here is why nothing changes for the poor and the ignorant in this country.

The answer is no. We do not have the same problems here in the us. We just have the liberal ZIONIST media making us afraid and trying to discredit the NSA. They want another terrorist attack to profit from and for us to war with more Muslims.