Dr. Jack Goldstone
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That's how they showed their resolve to stand against the government.
We're not seeing it here, but maybe it can start with a few people building on the organizations that they belong to, work with their neighbors, and we'll see.
That's the best advice I can give.
You know, it's funny.
When I was in college and was looking at this, I actually asked one professor to do a โ could he design a course for me on art and revolution?
Because I was impressed that, you know, revolutions are great soul-stirring events.
And they have produced a lot of great art.
If you go to the Louvre, you see these beautiful paintings about the French Revolution or the Greek Independence Revolution and great figures of liberty raising martyrs and people.
There are a lot of kind of hero stories here.
There's a movie called Snowpiercer.
Do you know that?
I've heard of it.
It's about in the apocalyptic future,
The world is no longer livable, and the remaining survivors are on this massive train that some industrialist built.
And it's a metaphor for society.
The rich people are in a luxury car in the front of the train, and most of the people are in poor homes.
crummy cars in the back end of the train.
The people in the front get the good food.
The people in the back get processed waste to eat.
There's a rebellion against this kind of injustice where the people from the back of the train storm the front of the train.