>That's one construction. Another would be that in 2012 there is no excuse not to predict how human beings behave if they have nothing to lose and are able to mobilize. If you're worried about cost, bringing in the troops is an even more expensive way to prevent revolt (as well as eroding the loyalty of the troops if they are asked to stand against their own more than once) but the most expensive of all would be refusing to acknowledge the lessons of history at all.
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>There is another principle involved here - one should never give in to a blackmailer. All is does is to ensure that the blackmail never ends.
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>You were able to find a job, so your shoes and your bootstraps were already better than people for whom there is no work in 2012.
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>Oh, I see. You also subscribe to the philosophy that if you own a business, you didn't build that. Someone else made that happen.
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>We will just have to agree to disagree. It seems to me that you believe in the collective and I believe in the individual.

The willful misinterpretation of "you didn't build that," quoted out of context, should stop. Yeah, right. FWIW, here is the full quote ---

Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business — you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together.

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/07/whats-that-parsing-president-obama.html