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.

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    5 days ago

    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

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      5 days ago

      Things always go to shit when the wealth divide gets too big. People and companies shouldnt be big enough to own the government. The last time this happened was the guilded age in the 20s which led to the crash. who knows where this one will lead.

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      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

      Scary would be the Democrats continuing to stick their head in the sand

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      You mean Dems finally realize the threat? I hope you realize how silly you sound when put into historical context. “Well obviously those crazy Nazis are talking about violence, they’re always talking about violence. What REALLY concerns me is all the non-Nazis bordering Germany that are talking about arming up in case the Nazis decide to attack!” Yeah, the state of things sucks, but it’s not the people going “oh shit, these psychos want to slaughter us and they currently have most of the weapons, maybe I should have the ability to defend myself” that are the problem