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America’s Crisis Of Faith: Poll Reveals More Americans Are Rejecting The Constitution And Embracing Violence

Authored by Jonathan Turley,

Below is my column in Fox.com on the poll released last week showing an increasing number of citizens have lost faith in our constitutional system and now view violence as warranted to silence those with opposing views.

It is a crisis of faith that represents the greatest possible threat to our Republic. The loss of faith and fealty constitutes one of the greatest crises that our nation has faced since its foundation.

Here is the column:

A recent startling poll shows that a majority of voters not only view the opposing party as a threat to the nation but justifying violence to combat their agenda. The poll captures a crisis of faith that I have been writing about for over a decade as an academic and a commentator. Many now question democracy as a sustainable system of government. It represents the single greatest threat to this nation: a citizenry that has lost faith not just with our system of government but with each other.

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The article reporting that 29% of Americans believe armed rebellion is in our future has me wondering which path this Fourth Turning is likely to follow over the next 15 years. The American Revolution Fourth Turning was a conflict against an external foreign power. The Civil War Fourth Turning was a domestic conflict between factions within the country. The Great Depression/WWII Fourth Turning was again a conflict against foreign powers. All of the Fourth Turnings had financial issues as a catalyst for the future conflict. Today is no different. This Fourth Turning began in September 2008 with the Wall Street created financial collapse. The perpetrators have not been brought to justice.

Do Fourth Turnings alternate between external conflict and internal conflict? Or, will this Fourth Turning be something completely different? Based on what I’m observing, I’m coming to the conclusion that there will be violent clashes within this country. They would likely not begin until the financial system implodes again. I believe the system will not hold together through the rest of the Obama presidency. We are five years into this Fourth Turning. The regeneracy that binds people together has not yet occurred. It doesn’t mean all people will be united. The Battle of Bull Run united the Union and the Confederacy against each other in a match to the death.

I’d like to know what you think.

 

What type of event will mark the major conflict of this Fourth Turning?

 

A.    A civil insurrection against the Federal government by individuals, groups or states.

B.    A major world war involving Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

C.    Domestic chaos, riots, and looting followed by regional wars in the Middle East.

D.    Nuclear annihilation of the planet by the U.S., China and Russia

E.    Bernanke’s master plan will work and economies across the world will return to normal. We’ll all sing Kumbaya.

F.   The Fourth Turning is nothing but a bunch of mystical crapola and American exceptionalism will win the day.