Americans Increasingly Believe Violence is Justified if the Other Side Wins

[Nicodeamus]

“At the presidential debate this week, the Republican candidate voiced his concern about political violence—left-wing political violence. And the Democratic candidate likewise voiced concern about political violence—right-wing political violence.

They were both right”

Opinion | Americans Increasingly Believe Violence is Justified if the Other Side Wins

Our research detected an uptick in recent months in the share of Americans willing to condone political unrest.

www.politico.com

 

[Nicodeamus]

This is in my view one of the most concerning impact of this pandemic. The amount of people that believe that violence is justified for political action has doubled.

This graph shows you that polarisation and it isn’t particular to any ideology.

 

[ponder]

This is in my view one of the most concerning impact of this pandemic. The amount of people that believe that violence is justified for political action has doubled.

This graph shows you that polarisation and it isn’t particular to any ideology.

Geesus stop buying into the media bs.

 

[Vorastra]

So far all we've seen is the tolerant left running around burning, destroying, injuring, and killing for over 100 days while mostly-peacefully protesting.

We even have a thread on this forum about it.

 

[Solarion]

This is because they think of themselves as righteous crusaders in a society where they think they are the only enlightened ones and everyone else who does not conform to their world view is the enemy. We are seeing this more and more.

Inventing enemies and perceiving yourself as some saviour figure who will bring about change and enlightenment are the hallmarks of sociopathic narcissism and this phenomenon most commonly takes place in a successful and prosperous society which lacks outside enemies and threats and so they begin to look inward for enemies.

Many great civilizations have fallen this way as they literally tear themselves apart from the inside out.

 

[ponder]

So far the violence has been mostly in the left camp...

 

[Kieppie]

This is because they think of themselves as righteous crusaders in a society where they think they are the only enlightened ones and everyone else who does not conform to their world view is the enemy. We are seeing this more and more.

Inventing enemies and perceiving yourself as some saviour figure who will bring about change and enlightenment are the hallmarks of sociopathic narcissism and this phenomenon most commonly takes place in a successful and prosperous society which lacks outside enemies and threats and so they begin to look inward for enemies.

Many great civilizations have fallen this way as they literally tear themselves apart from the inside out.

Societal collapse (also known as civilizational collapse) is the fall of a complex human society characterized by the loss of cultural identity and of socioeconomic complexity, the downfall of government, and the rise of violence

(3/4 so far) My prediction is a gradual decline, much like that of the British Empire.

"average life span of a civilization close to 340 years " Worrying stuff really

 

[Moto Guzzi]

Societal collapse (also known as civilizational collapse) is the fall of a complex human society characterized by the loss of cultural identity and of socioeconomic complexity, the downfall of government, and the rise of violence

(3/4 so far) My prediction is a gradual decline, much like that of the British Empire.

"average life span of a civilization close to 340 years " Worrying stuff really

One World Centralisation destroys societies gradually "(Loss of cultural identity)". It basicly boils down to pupulation numbers versus resources per area versus the leadership Social-Intelligence capabilities required to control from a centralised ideology, it seems the human brain lack here as the last 40 years illustrated. It started during the 50-Ties realising populations are expanding too fast. The One World Ideology got a big kick from the abstractness found in the digital era, quick money to centralised points.
If some fathers cannot even control their children how on this damn earth is a small group of centralised leaders going to control 7-Billion individual mInds successfully, no way, and AI is not going to do it either.
Implying that the 4th Industrial Revolution is the same as previous one's is simply not true. Never in the history of mankind was a 3rd very important to be basic resource added/present in the form of Abstract Digital.
Basic Resources must be cheap, or it bind any monetary system up before you have spend a cent.
1-Water(Nature)
2-Electricity(Man made).....Coal/Energy source must be cheap
3-Digital Era(Man Made=New)...AI, 4th Industrial Revolution.......Fast monetary cycles, modern abstract corruption.

Symptoms of failed centralisation efforts mainly due to corruption, Red Tape etc...Change for the sake of change...Updates, Upgrades, Replacements in short order.
-Mass layoffs, jobs insecure over time, the individual cannot visualise a stable future, which leads to severe long term stress in societies.
-Extreme taxes, levies, VAT, Admin Costs
-The monetary system suppose to work for you, start eating at you like a cancer.

In my opinion is the Abstract Digital Era the greatest threat to humanity right now as it is evolving.
All the political ideologies loves money, so it really does not matter which ideology you follow.

 

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[Nicodeamus]

Geesus stop buying into the media bs.

how is it media BS if I am quoting a study?

 

[Sensorei]

Geesus stop buying into the media bs.

Politico is one of the few non biased media houses who still report the facts with no political propaganda.

 

[w1z4rd]

A lot of people go "lAmEsTrEeT mEdIa SuCkS" as a way to avoid the actual content of a discussion.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

“At the presidential debate this week, the Republican candidate voiced his concern about political violence—left-wing political violence. And the Democratic candidate likewise voiced concern about political violence—right-wing political violence.

They were both right”

Opinion | Americans Increasingly Believe Violence is Justified if the Other Side Wins

Our research detected an uptick in recent months in the share of Americans willing to condone political unrest.

www.politico.com

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[C4Cat]

This is in my view one of the most concerning impact of this pandemic.

 

[w1z4rd]

 

[Kieppie]

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Shouldn't the US Left be bigger than US right due to numbers? Or is this more a question of quality over quantity?

PS North Korea shouldn't even feature in this analogy.