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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, he's completely ignoring places like Afghanistan, where things are violently out-of-control. I'm pretty sure the scary sectarian violence and risk of starvation probably has a lot of folks over there ready to just say "fuck it, let's burn this fucker down" because their lives are already so uncomfortable. The idea that revolution against violent religious fanatics would be less comfortable is a joke.

It's a very elitist and out-of-touch Western take on the whole idea, but perhaps he only is referring to revolution in the West. Which just makes him Euro/Amerocentric.