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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

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.

doing infrequent protests hasnt helped one bit especially if not large numbers like other countries do it, if the enemy knows you arnt going for thier HEADS, they will just laugh and move on.

also people are unwilling to boycott/generally strike, because they sitll have thier creature comforts, plus all the propaganda against protesters in general, i think the staged eco-protests(the ones that defaced public things, were funded by the oil/gas industry) over the years was just testing the waters.

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.

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.

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.

Guns do not protect you from Fox News.

I disagree with Lemmy (and the growing public sentiment), but for the opposite extreme reason: we are beyond violence changing things. This is a propaganda/reality war, and truth doesn’t really matter.

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.

The Rest of The World: “duh!”

The government said pacifism is naive and dangerous

America, you have the right to bear arms for a reason.

I mean kicking Trump to the crib isn’t that difficult….. let’s do that and the rest of us 300+ million people can move on and have a drink.

The justice system, from the government perspective, is primarily a guard against vigilantism. Once enough people lose faith in the justice system's ability to enforce the law with at least some degree of honesty and fairness, then the only option people see is to take justice into their own hands.

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...

Ohh no, the people have an increasingly hard time to buy the propaganda that keeps them docile and compliant?

Nobody, absolutely nobody could have seen that coming. The democracy looked so healthy just a year ago. /s

Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track,

Did the survey question specify what "the right track" is?

Because MAGA has a very different definition than progressives do.

The Handmaid’s Tale is really happening.

I mean it's just a poll, but: what kind of violence? Hopefully organised? And what does "back on track" mean anyhow? The past years have shown us that the problem is systemic. Going back means the option for the next asshole to do the same is still there.

It’s happening….