I think its hard to tell. History tells us that things should’ve erupted years ago. But different eras come with a different mentality. I think people are fed up with the status quo but this era is a society of made up of people who sit behind their computers to bitch. Unless the government resorts to martial law, I don’t think people will rise up.
Sure there are small groups here and their but their popularity is mainly controlled by the media. Without the media they can’t muster enough traction to grow too large. You would think that social media would give such groups a leg up, but social media comes with a crap load of rumors that can temper or kill such movements.
But no doubt there will be a change coming, but that is because change always comes. As to when, where or how is anyone’s guess. I think people are tired of abuse, violence, and manipulation. But that last part keeps a lot of people on the fence since they are not sure of who are the manipulators. Media, government, right activists, wall street, banks, right wing or left wing groups, or everyone of them.
Because of that doubt, many will continue to just live their own life and not get involved. Especially the ones who are comfortable and don’t want to rock the boat for what may be something out of their control.
I think there is one thing that holds all Americans together. Whether we think our nation is crap or great, we tend to hold tightly together against other nations. That is one way the media and government make sure we don’t get out of hand. We seem to always have an outside enemy that we can usually all agree upon when war breaks out.