Poll Indicates that 1 in 5 Americans Believe Political Violence Can be Justified: Our Leaders Keep Their Eyes on the Big Prize!

The scary polarization of the nation is continuing. A new poll indicates that an increasing number of people are willing to use violence to get their political way. Likewise around 1/2 of people feel that a civil war with occur. They even said a high percentage of people felt that a strong leader is more important than democracy (I am completely lost. It should be the opposite. Democracy is about the art of compromise. Something our leaders should think about deeply.)You should read the two articles below to gain a better perspective. 

1 in 5 Americans think political violence could be justified, according to UC Davis study You may also want to read Political violence and the future of democracy: Take a look in the mirror, America

I'm not going into detail but what we are experiencing is completely unwise of our leadership. We as a people are integrated and live in each other's neighborhoods. The amount of devastation that could occur because people have "legitimized" violence would be unprecedented in history. Our leaders need to think about how their mouths and inability to compromise is causing these problems for everyone else U.S. Biggest Threats. 

Interestingly, you will also notice a growing number of White people feeling as though they are being discriminated against (In the poll). That is likely to increase as we become a nation of minorities (sociology and market demographics). One of the reasons why I advocate for universalism in our institutions and the use of (not conjecture/conspiracy) science to think through the logic of universal application. In other words treating each person as a valued member of society goes a long way (Not just our own race, occupation, religion or any other. That is why free pass is never truly free. It just becomes added to the collective conscious. {sociology/philosophy}). 

There must be an end game and that to me is universalizing our system as a method of taking away the most important grievances. 

That is our torch. Each generation did the right thing and advanced their society for the next generation until recently we slipped and barely caught ourselves. We have to stand for the ideal of American society and give up old ways of looking at the world. We can have American values that are central to everyone, respect differences, and treat each other equally. Violence should be discouraged at all costs and interconnecting people even more important (Let us calm down the hype and restore trust.)

Our system is an adaptable system built around our Constitution and Bill of Rights. That is where people's loyalty should focus as that is our social contract. All of the political arguments and social networks are secondary to that loyalty (The pledge and oaths we take).  The system allows for people to debate and come to a type of consensus. Moving outside that agreed network without changing them legally in almost all situations is immoral and dangerous. Ideological battles that seek to to make breaks in our society are similarly unwise (There will be some politicians that have and likely will continue to pitch issues as based in these grievances to gain support). Now that two societies have shown their face (i.e. recognizing it as a possibility/threat), we need to pull each other back to the center (Why I encourage centralists in politics. Its not easy. If you don't repeat the same poo poo exactly the same way someone higher in the party wants you to say it, you will be moved out of central circles "group think". That will likely change as well. ). 

Of course what I say isn't going to mean much as I have a Muslim sounding name.🤷 However, I would think in general we would want to see the possibility of a trend and sort of start hedging our weakness and find ways to reconcile the most important pressing issues. Anyone trying to exploit those grievances is not thinking about the long term health of the nation. 

The problem is the details.....