Quote from: danconia on August 21, 2013, 03:47 amQuote from: MuchoBoostin on August 20, 2013, 10:21 pmGreat points guys. I think the problem is the daily struggle in this economy. Most of the people that have the time to protest/march/gather, rely on the government for their food, etc so it's like biting the hand that feeds them in their eyes. The other people that have time are generally financially independent and either don't care or are part of the driving force for the totalitarian movement for a global government.I think the trend I've noticed is a when unemployment is high and people give up on finding a job, they often take to the streets. I feel like protests in the US also don't get as big as other places because the country is so spread out. LA, Chicago, NY, and DC can have some decent sized protests but you have to wonder what it'd be like if the US were geographically much smaller and you only had to go a hundred miles to join a protest.While geography plays a part, what is more to the point, I think, is cultural. Americans just don't have a culture of street protest, to the same extent as you would see in France or Greece, to name just two examples. In France, people will take to the streets at the drop of a hat. Nightcrawler4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22 Nightcrawler <Nightcrawler@SR>PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B   (MIT clearnet keyserver)PGP Key: https://keys.indymedia.org/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B  (IndyMedia https: clearnet keyserver)PGP Key: http://qtt2yl5jocgrk7nu.onion/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B (IndyMedia .onion keyserver)PGP Key: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=174.msg633090#msg633090  (Silk Road Forums PGP Key Link)PGP Key Fingerprint = 83F8 CAF8 7B73 C3C7 8D07 B66B AFC8 CE71 D9AF D2F0