Information Age

[hastings1066]

I had determined some time in the last couple of years that we're no longer "entering the Information Age" as we were in the 90 and early 00s, but are fully in that Age and now moving into the Age of Understanding (where we figure out, as both a society and as an individual, what and how we absorb all that information).

The thing that drove

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[sy4]

A popular uprising in a system where the citizenry has the ability to participate directly in the political process (whether or not they actually do) is highly unlikely.

Which is why civil disobedience and outright rebellion is extremely rare in democratic countries. Even in those instances when they manifest themselves, there is usually some significant catalyst that cannot be redressed through the process directly.

While I don't disagree that the situation is rapidly degenerating from bad to worse, there is another election coming within eighteen months. Elections release internal pressure by allowing citizens to change the posture of the government, if necessary. As a result, I don't believe that sufficient internal pressure will build to trigger violent uprisings or rioting, nor to I believe that large scale removal if individual rights by the government is possible.

Though democratic governments are, indeed, fragile, a measure of stability is gained by a citizenry well aware of its rights and healthy political activisim by all sides involved in an issue.

The government is unbalanced by too much power to one of the political parties. I believe we will see a correction toward more balance of power in the next election.