A quarter of Americans open to taking up arms against government, poll says

[tn1911]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...nst-government

More than one quarter of US residents feel so estranged from their government that they feel it might “soon be necessary to take up arms” against it, a poll released on Thursday claimed.

This survey of 1,000 registered US voters, published by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics (IOP), also revealed that most Americans agree the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me”.

The data suggests that extreme polarization in US politics – and its impact on Americans’ relationships with each other – remain strong. These statistics come as a congressional committee is holding public hearings on the January 6 insurrection.

[SomeOtherGuy]

I'll bet more than half of that 25% are leftists who hate guns, etc.

Some truth though. The US government is not working for YOU, unless you are a billionaire, regardless of whether you think you're left or right. Most of the culture war is just a distraction. I'm not saying that issues like abortion and sex-changing kids are not important - they are - but that they are not important to the people pushing them hardest. Those people are using them as distractions to preserve and increase their power.

[Straight Shooter]

Is that all?

[tn1911]

Is that all?

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[gsd2053]

Is that all?

No Shit!

[ryr8828]

I question a poll like this. If I'm asked this question I'm not answering no matter how I feel, feeling like it's some sort of trick to get me incarcerated.

[Harpoon]

So only 37% of these people in the poll even own guns. Are they going to fight the Gov with bats and pitchforks?

[titsonritz]

Is that all?

Willing to admit it out load.

[ABNAK]

I question a poll like this. If I'm asked this question I'm not answering no matter how I feel, feeling like it's some sort of trick to get me incarcerated.

That is EXACTLY the point I was about to type! With the FBI and it's NSA-level tech assets (and being the Sword and Shield of the Party after all) something like that "poll" would make me terminate the call immediately.

[Outlander Systems]

More Putin propaganda to sow mistrust of the US Government…