Egypt, Twitter, and the Collapse of Top-Heavy Societies

[Ian Livingston]

Yeah, my point exactly. Except for the evening out bit. As long as we
are busy fighting each other we will never unite to make government
respond to our common needs.

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Humberto Torofuerte
<strongbool at gmail.com> wrote:
> I may just be speaking from my own bias as a vato from LA...but I'm
> pretty sure that in human history televised team sports have caused
> about as many riots as they've prevented.  So it pretty much evens
> out.
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>> um. Really? All the money is at the top, but the weight, steam and
>> impetus of all societies comes from the bottom. People go where the
>> food is, and only with a full belly will a soul cast a longing gaze at
>> the wispy summits where the glamor flashes. That has only begun to
>> change with advent of television, really, by the worship of which
>> every impoverished soul learned how delightful, sexy, and intriguing
>> the "lives" in "Dallas" and "Santa Barbara" are. What's happening in
>> Egypt is that too many bellies are lean, so television hasn't the
>> power to distract them.
>>
>> And, in honor of Super Bowl Sunday, I have to throw in my two bits
>> about team sports. How many fights will break out between Americans
>> today over who's better--the Steelers or the Packers? How many
>> arguments will erupt in normally sedated barrooms? How is it that team
>> sports do so much to divide the people against one another? If
>> Americans were less distracted by so many divisions, I wonder how long
>> it would take to fill the streets with the disaffected many.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Michael F <mff8785 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This stuff kills me...  Every society ever has always been "top
>>> heavy".  They always will be.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> http://unbridledspeculation.com/2011/02/05/egypt-twitter-and-the-collapse-of-top-heavy-societies/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Christine K.!
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>



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