MicroWaveOct 1, 2025

There’s a growing number of Americans who think violence might be necessary to get the country back on track

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There’s a growing number of Americans who think violence might be necessary to get the country back on track - Lemmy.World

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.

Show threadFlyingCircusOct 2, 2025
Historically, it has always taken violence to remove fascists from power.
Show threaddonalonzo
Not always. The Portuguese carnation revolution happened without violence. Spain democratised right after Franco’s death.
Oct 2, 2025 at 2:27pmWeb