Today, despair is the strategy. The shock of misery is expected to stop people from complaining. In 1980, a vast system of control was already in place. The crisis of capital made Ronald Reagan and the entire ruling class hit the control buttons harder and harder. The effects are visible.
Vast misery enfolds a quickly increasing amount of people throughout the world.
The system has only strengthened itself by destroying all concepts of opposition. It must destroy all concepts of real dissent, all logic, and all apparent ways of people banding together. The American dream is very fragile. On every level, refusal is common. Till now, it has been invisible.