“What happens when you take a society that is increasingly fearful for its future, increasingly polarised, increasingly angry at itself, and throw a bunch of guns into the mix?” (Garen Wintemute)
What is the likelihood that political violence will culminate in a civil war in the U.S.? While only 14% of Americans say a civil war is very likely in the next decade, 43% say it is at least somewhat likely. About one in three – 35% – say it is not very or at all likely, and 22% are unsure. People who say they are "strong Republicans" are the political group most likely to anticipate a civil war: 21% say it's very likely, compared to less than 15% of each of the other four political groups studied.
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More - from another source:
Fiona Hill, who served as the leading Russia expert on the National Security Council during the Trump administration:
The distrust in the electoral process and government institutions fomented by Trump and his GOP allies has created a "recipe for communal violence." Hill warned the US could ultimately "end up in a civil conflict."
The country is at a point in which "trust in the different communities and authorities" has eroded "to such an extent that people just start fighting with each other," Hill said.
But she also underscored that a civil conflict in the present day would be unlikely to look like the American Civil War, an extraordinarily bloody fight between the Union and Confederacy that left an estimated 618-750k Americans dead.
"I don't think we'd end up in the kind of conflict that we had between the states — the Union and the Confederacy — back in the day," Hill said. "But people's sense of the civil and civic ways of resolving disputes are out the window."
(https://www.businessinsider.com/new-us-civil-war-wont-look-like-last-one-historians-2022-8?amp)
Any talk of Civil War sends shivers down my spine. If (BIG IF) something were to break out, what would "the sides" look like? What side would have the U.S. Military? And the 50+ National Guards? It would be utter chaos.
Chaos that China would love to see -- and act upon.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt