If most americans were sufficiently aware and organizing against it accordingly (if they're not organizing, they're not aware enough) the imperialist gov would already have been toppled.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm American and am aware of this. Explain that!

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The One True American^TM^

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The alternative:

The representative of no one American^TM^

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Some zoomers and some millennials know it. Boomers don't know or actually think it's a good thing, with some rare exceptions.

Either way your take is extremely juvenile and simplistic. There's a lot more at play with revolutions than people knowing their country did something bad. It takes a lot more than that to get people off their ass, with very few exceptions historically, and even those exceptions are usually led by rich people looking out for themselves.

People need to have their own livelihoods threatened before they do anything. And there are always power systems in place that deliberately make it hard for people to organize.

[–] Promethiel@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Power. Your fantasy assumes the weight of mere knowing outweighs the power wielded against the citizenry. No revolution started with the whole citizenry waking up. You know why. If not, read more and be less disingenuous.

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No revolution started with the whole citizenry waking up

Obviously not everyone lmao.

What every revolution has had is people informing others about what the issue is (often by pamphlets, news, etc), what needs to be done, and organizing. The vast majority of successful revolutions are only those that had organized revolutionaries.