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Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

It’s a sharp rise from 18 months ago, when 19% of Americans said the same.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 days ago

Haha, it'll never happen.
Most are too complacent, comfortable, and mollycoddled to do anything. They'll just try to wait it out and hope that it'll change at the next election ...not realising that if there is a next election that it'll probably be rigged, to quote the orange child rapist himself "you'll never need to vote again, we've got it sorted".

The daft thing is you don't need to have a massive civil war to end this bullshit. You just need some backbone and to target the orange paedo from all directions and not let him have any time or space to do his evil shit. Then once he's out, or dead from the inevitable stress induced heart attack, go after his cronies. He's the biggest manbaby that's ever lived, use it against him.

[–] Beebabe@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have become worried I’ll need to defend myself against violent republicans because they are always talking about and actively hurting others.

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Soap box, ballot box, ammo box. They're trying to take away the 1st 2, so...

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Well we tried that too and the pussy ass judge gave 0 days in jail so.

[–] Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 days ago

I only glanced the article but a question we need to answer first is what exactly is violence?

It seems straightforward but in multiple countries now i have read politicians making claims about violent mobs while in effect it was destruction of property.

Aggression isn’t violence so i am curious how many people say one thing while meaning the other.

[–] bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I’ve always been happy to be Canadian, but the current state of things in the US… I mean, we’ve got our problems, but god damn. My friends aren’t in danger of being disappeared by government agents because they’re not pale white.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

It's worked to found the nation and gain independence. It worked to ensure slavery ended. It worked in both world wars. Americans have no problem using it in every single country in Latin America and the middle east. What's good for the goose...

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

As always, Republicans lead the pack, with more Republicans supporting political violence than Democrats. The scary part is how much the Democrat statistics have gone up, and the fact they're getting close to the levels of support seen in Republicans

America is fucked up. I don't have a solution, just pointing out the sad state of affairs

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Things always go to shit when the wealth divide gets too big. People and companies shouldnt be big enough to own the government. The last time this happened was the guilded age in the 20s which led to the crash. who knows where this one will lead.

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[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

The Rest of The World: “duh!”

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Unfortunately that appears to be the only way to get rid of them. They continually ignore the established laws and protests and " sternly worded emails/letters/phonecalls.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

That’s just people who admit it out loud. I know a few people who hint at this too but are afraid to say it out loud, especially if they have an Alexa-type device.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Pick up a history book.

Fascists don't allow fair elections.

Fascists don't stop when asked politely.

Unfortunately, that 30% is correct.

Arm yourselves and everyone you know. Form networks. Communicate via encrypted messaging apps.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Trump certainly does, or at least it's what he claims.

Just because it will probably be, doesn't mean you have to initiate it first. Not only is there a lot of preparation that needs to go towards a revolution that isn't just arming and shooting, but it's also better if the other side is the one to initiate it first. First is getting rid of the delusion that the federal government hasn't been corrupted beyond repair, getting rid of the delusion that you can work inside a system that's now exponentially worse than it was 4 years ago and somehow fix it. Then you can look at your own history and where power can actually be consolidated, and begin preparing knowing you are working against compromised social networks with the next generation of Cambridge Analyticas so you can't rely on ignoring the elephant in the room.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 10 points 6 days ago

The government said pacifism is naive and dangerous

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Well, just WHO THE FUCK is responsible for pushing it off-track, hmmmmm? It didn't push itself off-track. It was only a year ago when we had an economy that was the envy of the world, and was called Goldilocks, etc. What happened since?

I wish just for once that the fucking Republicans, most especially all the dumbass voters, took responsibility for all the trouble they have caused.

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