If I was a political leader, a wealthy tycoon or king or anyone in power over the people, and I expected a revolution on the horizon, these are a few things I would do to prevent or put down the uprising:
- Keep the people insipid and dull, incapable of asking questions and thinking for themselves, so they accept and do what they are told without resistance
- Strip the population of property and resources; enslave them
- Make an excuse to increase domestic police and law enforcement and paramilitary spending
- Build up prisons and increase jail capacity
- Create conflict over seas to divert attention from domestic problems
- Build up a standing Army; Send a standing Army to over seas war, keep them battle ready and desensitized; Maintain reenlistment, keep standing Army away from home country so that they are detached from culture
- Increase domestic surveillance and monitoring
I would say that all of these things are occurring either intentionally or unintentionally. I can cite some examples:
- Education failure; More education failure; Standardization and uniform thinking; Entertainment/ amusement culture; Psychiatrically drugged; drop out rates increasing
- Income inequality highest in recorded history; More Income inequality; Household debt highest in recorded history; Asset inequality highest in history
- Orgiastic Spending on Technologies of Political Control; Police State
- Declare war on drugs; Declare war on terrorism: Perfect excuses to increase militarization, law enforcement, homeland security; “justice” spending as increased steadily over time
- Incarceration rates highest in recorded history; Prison populations bursting; Prison construction all time high
- US has been in a war every decade: WWII, Korean, Vietnam, Cold War, Persian Gulf, Iraqi Freedom, Afghan Operation Enduring Freedom war
- Enlistment rates on the rise
I know, it sounds far fetched… but you should ask yourself what the data is pointing towards, if for nothing else then to come up with a reasonable explanation so that you can prepare for the future.
Interesting graphs.
William Dare 
