The author uses the term "financial distress" as an equivalent to poverty. I think this is a brilliant insight. I earn a good income (and I'm thankful for it), but because I have a big family and lots of stuff happening we are in a perpetual state of financial distress. We're one big medical bill away from bankruptcy. We would have to go into ugly debt if (when) our home A/C goes out or if (when) one of our cars dies.
I wonder if the coming revolution will tap into all of the financially distressed, or only with the extremely disaffected (see Ferguson.) If I can explain to the financially distressed how Democracy 2.0 would help them get out of distress (without violence), then I might see this in my lifetime.
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