Growing up in Soviet Union Lenin's extensive work was mandatory reading for me, most of it went above my head, but some phrases and dogmas stuck in my mind. One of them is Lenin's definition of a society on a verge of a revolution.
Lenin wrote: "For a revolution to take place, it is usually insufficient for ‘the lower classes not to want’ to live in the old way; it is also necessary that ‘the upper classes should be unable’ to live in the old way". (from http://leninist.biz/en/1981/PCM335/2.2-The.Revolutionary.Situation)
Isn't it precisely what is taking place in the American society. I mean the sweaping popularity of the Obama's "Change" message is driving working and middle class to the polls in record numbers while the ruling classes including high ranking politicians, Democrats and Republicans, realize that the old way is no longer an option if the country is to survive. This Election IS THE REVOLUTION. A peaceful American revolution. Lenin knew what he was talking about, sometimes, after all.
