The violent protests that have erupted in cities across the U.S. in the name of social justice, is, as we had forecast, the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the nation’s overall feelings regarding justifying violence to achieve political victory.
Researchers wrote in Politico last week that they’ve observed a troubling trend in the country – from both parties – when it comes to accepting political outcomes.
Politicians running for the presidency often note that the peaceful transfer of power is one of the hallmarks of the U.S. Democracy. But, as evidenced by last week’s debate when President Trump discussed the problems with mail-in ballots, there may be a bitter debate as to who wins The Presidential Reality Show®.
What if, for example, President Trump is winning the race on election night, only to see his lead vanish when mail-in ballots are counted?
The researchers compiled separate data and determined that one in three Americans, from both political parties, now believe violence could be justified if it meant advancing their personal political goals.
The researchers called on Congress to act quickly and form a “bipartisan” commission to defend the country’s “democratic norms” and to ease the public’s mistrust leading up to the election.
One of the interesting elements of the study is that the trend seems to be moving quickly in the wrong direction. The report said since June, the number of those polled who felt it was okay if there was “a little” violence to achieve their goal jumped from 30 percent among Democrats and Republicans to 36 percent among Republicans and 33 percent of Democrats.
The Politico report said the country should be concerned about the shift toward violence and pointed to how divides in society that can lead to violence “gave rising autocrats an excuse to seize emergency powers” in 1930s Europe.
There have been recent clashes between protesters on the streets, which the researchers wrote could be a troubling sign before the election. They noted in normal times, party leaders have sway over their supporters and can often calm this kind of tension, but the “partisan polarization” is at such a fever pitch that “we cannot rely on the candidates and campaigns to pull us out of it.”
TREND FORECAST: Beyond Americans being politically divided, as Election Day approaches, a recent Gallup poll shows only 17 percent of the nation approves of the way Congress handles its job.
As Gerald Celente stated following last Tuesday’s presidential debate, it was more of a Trump loss than a Biden gain.
Thus, regardless of who wins the race to the White House, among those who backed the loser and those who did not vote because of their dislike of both candidates, the seeds have been sown for a new third party.
Key platform elements will be anti-tax, anti-vax, populist, libertarian… and, to follow the Chinese way, self-sustaining.
