View topic - Communism is inevitable •

The population is spiraling out of control. There aren't enough jobs in the capitalist West. The unemployed will rise up and redistribute the wealth.

The world will go back to farming, hunting, gathering. Cities will crumble in the uprising leading to tribes of people. There will be technology, but it will be irreparable and as soon as they stop working, nobody left will know how to build or repair it.

The millionaires and above will be torn to shreds by mobs. Their children will be struck from the gene pool and scorched earth will be all that remains where their homes once stood.

The new world order will see communism rise again while capitalism is washed away from society.

Agree for the most part, except the second sentence. The only reason unemployment is above 4% is because governors won't let people go back work or kids to go back to school (which prevents single parents and 1/2 of parents where both work from returning to work).

Frank Herbert wrote

"But Other Memory tells us the flaws of bureaucracy. I presume you have some form of civil service for the 'lower orders.' "

"We take care of our own." That's a nasty echo.

"Then you know how that dilutes the vote. Chief symptom: People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless."

"Democracy is a stupid idea anyway!"

"We agree. It's demagogue-prone. That's a disease to which electoral systems are vulnerable. Yet demagogues are easy to identify. They gesture a lot and speak with pulpit rhythms, using words that ring of religious fervor and god-fearing sincerity."

She's chuckling!

"Sincerity with nothing behind it takes so much practice, Dama. The practice can always be detected."

"By Truthsayers?"

See how she leans forward? We have her again.

"By anyone who learns the signs: Repetition. Great attempts to keep your attention on words. You must pay no attention to words. Watch what the person does. That way you learn the motives."

"Then you don't have a democracy." Tell me more Bene Gesserit secrets.

"But we do."

"I thought you said..."

"We guard it well, watching for the things I've just described. The dangers are great but so are the rewards."