re: Do you think the poor would exterminate the rich/wealthy if given the chance?

Absolutely. Historically the wealthy are almost always the first to get hit when authority stops functioning.

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Wasn't that basically the French revolution?

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Mope. The French Revolution was incredibly complicated and there was some of that but I'd say it was more of a full on "change how society works" revolution. There was a ton of odd stuff going on that people forget about.

Politics board.

Still the answer is no. The poor admire and seek to emulate the rich. They will always find someone poor'er than them to hate, or even hate each other. The greatest trick the rich ever played was to convince the poor that it's someone else who is to blame for what they themselves lack. It's why poor people complain about social welfare and not corporate welfare.

Che Guevara is dead, so the answer is no

They'd try. If hey succeeded then they blow all the money in a short amount of time then look for others to rob. Vicious cycle of thuggery.

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If hey succeeded then they blow all the money in a short amount of time then look for others to rob.

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Disagree. If they succeed then they'll install a communist government and control everything

That's what happened in Venezuela. Now they're paying for it.

Is this the thread where all the posters pretend to be wealthy/rich?

I ain't making shite up. There's some weird shite that happens: a couple of months ago when o first moved up here, my bosses were telling me that it's not unknown to see homes less being dropped off by limos (I haven't seen it). There's some organization that I guess sends college kids out to spend time with them too because I see people in their early 20s sitting around homeless communing with them. Odd stuff is happening.