Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

It’s a sharp rise from 18 months ago, when 19% of Americans said the same.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    214·
    21 days ago

    I saw one dream map where Canada drops two tentacles; one reaches down through the West all the way to San Diego, and the Eastern one reaches just north of Washington.

    Humor aside, I agree with your take. A war of assassins and terrorists on both sides.

    I’ll add one more note. Back in the day, the Irish Republican Army was the most feared underground in the world. They only had a handful of soldiers, but a superb organization. If a shooter was supposed to kill someone in Geneva, he’d have three or four cars waiting when he got to the airport, and each driver would know five places the shooter could stay. He’d have a choice of getaway drivers and extra safe houses and docotrs on tap.

    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      21 days ago

      How do you still manage that in the current (and worsening) surveillance state? I mean Luigi showed its possible for a lone wolf but I have to question being able to organize without being known. If you are caught organizing an antifa org then you’re also uber boned.

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        51·
        21 days ago

        My point was that the next war won’t look anything like the last one.

        Anyone who thinks that some molotov cocktails they made is going to bring down the system has another think coming.

        • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          21 days ago

          In my view the only way organization would work is with the assistance of an enemy nation with the ability to circumvent the surveillance state (to ship in weapons, avoid communication eavesdropping, etc). And unfortunately those nations are mostly very, very far away.

    • bufalo1973@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      21 days ago

      I can think of a funnier map: Canada taking NY, Washington DC, … and Mexico (re)taking the west coast. Imagine if Texas ended up being again part of Mexico.