The modern welfare state is the compromise reached by capitalist democracies to stave off communist revolutions. If you’re going to kill of the welfare part, be ready for the uprising part.

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nosianu 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That's where the surveillance and the militarized police force(s) come in. Especially the former now has reached extraordinary levels, given that almost all communication now is easily trackable.

Compare that to when we still had revolutions, where it was very hard for government to know what is going on, and to find individuals without a huge effort.

I think revolutions have become next to impossible, unless it is lead by significant parts of the elite that controls at least part of the apparatus.

That's not even counting the far more sophisticated propaganda methods, so that many of the affected people won't even begin to target the actual culprits but are lead to chase shadows, or one another.

	▲	victorbjorklund 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We still have revolutions because if enough people go out on the street it doesn’t matter how good your surveillance state is. You can’t kill/arrest 25% of your population. That is why Russia/China/etc are so scared to let any protests begin even with 5 people because if they grow there comes a point it can’t be stopped with violence.