35 percent of all Americans now say the country needs a revolution. That includes 39 percent of Harris voters and 32 percent of Trump voters.

arcterus @piefed.blahaj.zone 7d ago

More than half of Harris voters, 51 percent, say that America is not a functioning democracy, while 52 percent of Trump voters take the opposite view and say the U.S. is a model.

I'm amazed only half think America is not a functioning democracy. American "democracy" is totally broken.

iamdefinitelyoverthirteen @lemmy.world 7d ago
They're talking about voters. Most people didn't.
- Pat_Riot @lemmy.today 7d ago
  1/3 didn't. That's not good, but it's not most people.
NauticalNoodle @lemmy.ml 7d ago
You could say it's broken. I'd say it doesn't really exist and only ever appeared to when those pulling the levers wanted it to seem that way.
- arcterus @piefed.blahaj.zone 7d ago
  It did exist briefly, but it was swiftly broken and from the very start was just designed poorly (e.g. political parties are basically entirely incompatible with the shitty voting system). It sometimes briefly semi-works before shortly after collapsing again.
AlecSadler @lemmy.blahaj.zone 7d ago
Same people who think peaceful protest at this point in time will yield results.

bear @lemmy.blahaj.zone 1w ago

And how many of that 35% are willing to take the risk of it becoming a civil war?

DancingBear @midwest.social 1w ago

Why is this your first question
Your initial premise is incorrect. Money is less valuable than community.
Chulk @lemmy.ml 1w ago
The civil war is inevitable and has already started. The instigators are being hired by ICE.
njm1314 @lemmy.world 1w ago
Arguably all revolutions are civil wars.
Deceptichum @quokk.au 1w ago
How many of the 65% are happy to do nothing as the fascists keep winning?
- Scubus @sh.itjust.works 6d ago
  I'd say its about 99.9% of both groups. I mean, Trump got elected, and no one stopped it. Americans can't be that attatched to a functioning democracy. Or human rights. Or not having a rapist treasonous dementia ridden piece of shit steering our country into the plantery core. Off hand, I can only think of about 4 people who id consider the true americans of this generation, and i think all four of those people are right wingers sadly. As much as i hate right wingers, it does seem like if the country is ever to be improved, itll be a lone right winger to do it.
sorghum @sh.itjust.works 7d ago
Best hope for an amicable divorce.

BradleyUffner @lemmy.world 6d ago

The Harris and Trump voters will be on opposite sides of that revolution.

NauticalNoodle @lemmy.ml 7d ago

and how does the distribution of gun-ownership fall between these two groups of people?

Netux @lemmy.world 6d ago
Much closer than you would probably expect. The left just doesn't make it their whole personality.
discosnails @lemmy.wtf 7d ago
The demographics of gun ownership in the U.S. | Pew Research Center https://share.google/Pz2KRohaJ1GEqWMEV
- NauticalNoodle @lemmy.ml 7d ago
  " There are also significant differences across parties, with Republican and Republican-leaning independents more than twice as likely as Democrats and those who lean Democratic to say they own a gun (44% vs. 20%)."
  Everybody says they want a revolutions, but nobody wants to take responsibility for the inevitable civil war that follows. -I don't remember where I heard that but it seems relevant here.

GreenKnight23 @lemmy.world 5d ago

we should just take a state, like Arizona, and set a date to ship all the folks willing to fight and let them duke it out.

no guns, no blades, just fists and legs. you don't get food or water either. when you give up you can be reintroduced to society or continue living in the Arizona hellscape of your own creation.

35 percent of all Americans now say the country needs a revolution. That includes 39 percent of Harris voters and 32 percent of Trump voters.

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