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Originally posted by Scott th Ratbag: ↑

"A recent poll in the US found a significant and growing number of Americans believe violence is justified if it achieves their political ends. In April, a NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist survey found that one in five Americans agree with the statement "America have may to resort to violence to get the country back on track.""

is this for real?

for sure its so damned tribal this opposition of each side for the other. and Trump exemplifies how such tribalism can turn a nation.

when I first heard a rumour that civil war was brewing in the US I rejected the idea. yet I'm now reading reports from BBC and Euro services as well as US reports of increasing polarisation and increasing chatter of revolution.

now I find it awful to actually write that word, revolution, in reference to violence.

all my life I've heard the cliche "It could only happen in America".

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Scott,
The US political philosophy is different than ours at its basis.

The US was born from a revolution against a tyrannical government. That is the basis of their constitutional "right to bear arms" and gun culture. Americans are taught that there is a right and indeed a duty for good citizens to overthrow a tyrannical government.

That is very different to our base.

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