Over 40% of Americans think civil war is at least somewhat likely in the next decade, which increases to more than half among self-identified “Strong Republicans,” according to a YouGov/Economist survey.
Around 2/3 of those polled also believe that political division in this country has gotten worse since Joe Biden took office, vs. only 8% who say the country has grown less divided. 62% expect political division to increase.
60% of those polled anticipate an increase in political violence over the next few years, while 9% expect a decrease.
By party, Republicans are more likely to say political division has worsened and expect things to continue in that direction.
Civil War?
As YouGov writes in its report: 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.
Others aren’t so sure about civil war.
As Rachel Kleinfeld, a specialist in civil conflict at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace told The Guardian earlier this month, “Countries with democracies and governments as strong as America’s do not fall into civil war. But if our institutions weaken, the story could be different.”
It is my sincere desire to provide readers of this site with the best unbiased information available, and a forum where it can be discussed openly, as our Founders intended. But it is not easy nor inexpensive to do so, especially when those who wish to prevent us from making the truth known, attack us without mercy on all fronts on a daily basis. So each time you visit the site, I would ask that you consider the value that you receive and have received from The Burning Platform and the community of which you are a vital part. I can't do it all alone, and I need your help and support to keep it alive. Please consider contributing an amount commensurate to the value that you receive from this site and community, or even by becoming a sustaining supporter through periodic contributions. [Burning Platform LLC - PO Box 1520 Kulpsville, PA 19443] or Paypal
-----------------------------------------------------
To donate via Stripe, click here.
-----------------------------------------------------
Use promo code ILMF2, and save up to 66% on all MyPillow purchases. (The Burning Platform benefits when you use this promo code.)
Antifa won’t fight unless they are paid. BLM is dead and buried so there is no more corporate money flowing in to pay off the street rioters. So, is this a secondary purpose of all this money flowing into Ukraine – is this the funding mechanism for whatever political chaos is about to be unleashed?
And Biden’s speech last night – a second angle is that whatever they have cooked up to be unleashed soon is cover for the coming Reverse REPO which will draw trillions in cash out of the stock market and implode nearly every asset bubble. If everyone is glued to their TVs watching looting and burning they won’t notice the Fed’s reverse REPO taking place, just like they didn’t notice the REPO taking place from Sep 2019 to Jun 2020 when they were all cowering and sheltering in place due to the corona virus.
And they will need a crisis to divert the normies from the realization that those 4 shots they got really are going to kill them.
My angle is that everything that happens in this country happens to benefit its owners, and these owners are the owners of the Federal Reserve System. Events only make sense when assessed from this perspective. USA is just a bank with a standing army that fights wars to force the use of fiat US dollars on every corner of the globe.
“My angle is that everything that happens in this country happens to benefit its owners, ”
Not good with numbers, but i don’t even believe this has been happening for very long. Less than 1/4 century, pretty sure.
“if our institutions weaken…” You mean like the FBI, CIA, Fed, DOJ, military, legacy press, and medical establishment? Sounds like we’re there.
Does nobody else see the contradiction in this? A member of the Tribe who is a “specialist in civil conflict” — color me shocked — at a place for “International Peace?” How, exactly, do you think this person believes international peace will be achieved?
As for anything The Economist has to say, consider this:
Or this:
How can you trust a poll run by people who produce phony numbers for a living?
While the remainder think it’s already started.
Wait. Until the first big freeze. The one when ‘Summer’ becomes a distant memory. Prolly Tanks galore. “Tanks”?
Yeah. As in: First, “the markets” Then…
Let’s just get it over with already…
So…what is the next step to spice up the social tensions? What kind of false flag to blame on MAGA domestic terrorists? Guns? Maybe, but what about a large graveside gathering at Arlington Nat’l Cemetery? An explosion. Very powerful political statement of the alleged perpetrator (s) and the righteous reaction sure to follow. A veritable flame thrower. Just thinking aloud. The speech last night was the operational signal, now the operation in play?
They’re planning on assassinating a sharpton or Jesse Jackson to kick off the race war.
I’d give it 5. 100% dissolution of the federal government and allowing people to move to states where they actually find common ground COULD possibly avoid the bloodshed, but those who need to live parasitically off the rest of us simply won’t allow that to happen.
10 years?
How about 10 months of states don’t secede.
The US Gov’t will never, and I mean never, voluntarily permit such a solution. Remember, we aren’t the USSR in 1991. /s
10 years?!
Seems very optimistic!
I feel anyone buying /even taking a free 2023 calendar is wasting their time!
+1
I had similar thoughts [about calendars] a few days ago.
Civil war is already here thanks to government arrogance. Lets see how it plays out in the days, weeks, and months to come.
In a country with more guns than people dare I suggest the most courageous will win.
the megalomaniacs in power will never, ever voluntarily allow a reduction of their power which a division, or much worse, a civil war, would produce. so what to do?
WAIT.
the ways of acting among those at the top assure national bankruptcy which, itself, will lead to much angst and consternation which will result in dramatic changes the megalomaniacs cannot control. the reactions to what they have done and caused will be nearly uniform – one group, thankful change is coming, the other group demanding their benefits which cannot be delivered any longer. both groups will have the fedgov in their sights, obviously for different reasons, with the reality being nearly ALL will be at the throats of leaders. it is at this point that real change cannot be stopped. it is at this point that division will take place if it ever will.
I bet the actual figure is much higher. I for one would not answer, I would even say “Sorry, “I can’t understand you, your phone is breaking up” then hang UP.
In these times we find ourselves, I don’t think it is paranoid to consider such polls as Fed-Boi-Incel Honey traps. AND I am convinced many other people would do the same…Keep silent & hang up
https://www.glennbeck.com/radio/how-the-downfall-of-socialist-yugoslavia-is-strikingly-similar-to-america-today
If you have not watched this, you should. It explains what is happening and why.
It is humbling to know that you’ve stood in a European country which no longer exists…and I’m only ~60. Even sadder to realize it probably ain’t gonna be the last time either.