Do you think civil unrest is going to get worse in America?

SGT John " Mac " McConnell — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:17:31 -0400

After reading this article. It makes me ponder of what our future holds. What do you think about this article ? http://www.businessinsider.com/harry-dent-civil-unrest-coming-to-america-2016-3

HARRY DENT: Civil unrest is coming to America

America's middle class is struggling.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2016 12:19 PM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:19:09 -0400

.... sadly ... yes... it will be here and it will be worse ...

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Mar 28 at 2016 12:25 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:25:55 -0400

Will it be as bad as Civil Rights and anti-war protests of the 1960's? I hope not. I missed it then and hope to miss it again. (I was in the Army and deployed to Vietnam, then Hawaii, during the worst of it) However, if the agitators keep on agitating, it might get bad, really bad...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeEPSjOBzRA

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Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Mar 28 at 2016 12:30 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:30:21 -0400

Nah. The sky has been falling in this country since the 1700's. We'll be fine...

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Mar 28 at 2016 12:39 PM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:39:59 -0400

SGT John " Mac " McConnell the article does make some good points. Historically it has been shown that civilizations go through three phases. An emergence, a golden age, and a decline. Sadly the way events are going, the United States is likely in the decline of our civilization. This doesn't mean we don't have great people. It means that our society is crumbling under its own weight. Combine that crumbing with a government that people see as more and more of a hindrance to our nation's success than a guide to success, and you have the powder keg waiting for someone to strike a match. Once that match is struck, change will occur. It always does. Violently if necessary. If you want to see what that collapse looks like, all you need to do is look at the USSR. It collapsed under its own weight, and broke apart. Now you have Putin trying to rebuild Mother Russia. This is going to get interesting. It is going to turn violent. It raises two questions only one of which the article pursued. When will this occur (though the argument should be made that it started years ago), and what will be the outcome. Personally I think that political correctness is the fuse that will lead to the ultimate explosion, and our modern over sensitive society is the match. When plain language and civilized discourse is replaced with entitlement and repression, the fuse was lit. Now it is just a matter of how long before it explodes into rioting, armed conflict among citizens, and chaos. Then it is a matter of what will rise from the ashes. Will we become a stronger nation for this, or will we become the next roman empire, faded to history to be studied by future generations of students.

Response by CMSgt Bill Ford made Mar 28 at 2016 12:44 PM

CMSgt Bill Ford — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:44:42 -0400

Yes it is and we will do nothing to stop it.

Response by LTC Thomas Tennant made Mar 28 at 2016 12:45 PM

LTC Thomas Tennant — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:45:55 -0400

Personally I think we will have civil unrest much like we had in the late 60's and early 70's. I lived and served during those turbulent times. In fact "Kent State" happened the year I graduated from high school and that event drove a wedge between my father and I that was only removed after I had served a couple of years.

Then and now, at the heart of any civil unrest or outright rebellion is weak (and often times unethical) national leadership with both those of us on the "left" or "right" feeling disenchanted and disenfranchised by our elected officials in Washington DC. When you add a president who would rather be a "divider in chief" than being a uniter the whole mix will be explosive and we will see a breakdown of our civic and governmental institutions.

History seems to show that we have cycles of unrest starting from our own Revolutionary War and our break from "mother" England. Every 20 to 40 years we as a nation seem to have to go through a period there has to be a rebalancing of political parties, national social change and economic crisis. I think we are entering such a period if only because our federal government has become too big and uncontrollable.

Particularly in my darker moods, I think this is what Obama wants things to get out of hand so he can declare martial law and suspend the election process. Those who hold a conspiracy perspective or theory point to some of his actions, un and extra constitutional executive orders, ever increasing list of scandals and public statements as building up to that end state. Meanwhile, the GOP congress seems to be enabling Obama by giving everything he wants instead of drafting articles of impeachment.

Recent attacks on the 2nd Amendment and the growing campaign in the press and administration policy proposals are one more attempt to suppress our rights and national spirit. To many the push for gun control is really a push to control the American public. We seem to forget that this is a government of "We the People"....or as Abe Lincoln said, ours is "a government for the people, by the people and of the people...." The trouble is we have Senators and Congressmen who are "career politicians" and out of touch with their constituents.

So do I think we are headed for a period of civil unrest. Without a doubt.

Response by SP5 Mark Kuzinski made Mar 28 at 2016 12:55 PM

SP5 Mark Kuzinski — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:55:44 -0400

" I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." Thomas Jefferson

A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

Response by Alan K. made Mar 28 at 2016 1:45 PM

Alan K. — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:45:00 -0400

In a game of chess, we are in the "check" position.......With few moves to make, they had better be the right one's or it will be "checkmate". At which point the situation goes fluid and anything could happen....Just saying, not advocating.

Response by SrA Edward Vong made Mar 28 at 2016 2:39 PM

SrA Edward Vong — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:39:15 -0400

Civil unrest has always been a problem. Social media has just brought more light into it.

Response by COL Jean (John) F. B. made Mar 28 at 2016 3:29 PM

COL Jean (John) F. B. — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:29:59 -0400

SGT John " Mac " McConnell Absolutely ... It will continuously get worse until we have an Administration in place that stop it, rather than stoking/supporting it, as the current Administration is doing. The Obama Administration's divisive policies and rhetoric, catering to groups like Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, the LGBT crowd, and unlawful protestors in Ferguson, Boston and other places, as well as the anti-Trump protests/unlawful behavior, tend to encourage, not discourage the behavior. If it does not stop, we will soon see the same type actions from the "other side" of these issues (conservative, straight, etc.), who have had enough of the BS.

By the way ... your town was named after my great, great uncle, who also founded Baylor University.

Response by CPT Pedro Meza made Mar 28 at 2016 3:51 PM

CPT Pedro Meza — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:51:51 -0400

Self Full Filling Prophecy, if you think or fear that we will have civil unrest then it will happen more so when you buy the news from those that are pushing for civil arrest just because they have an issue with change.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Mar 28 at 2016 4:54 PM

LTC Paul Labrador — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:54:23 -0400

But is there REALLY civil unrest, or mere pockets of agitators who make it their purpose to get on the evening news.....?

Response by Maj John Bell made Mar 28 at 2016 6:05 PM

Maj John Bell — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 18:05:49 -0400

Perhaps one more reason we military members should set example by showing respect and civility to those we disagree with when we post on RP.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Mar 28 at 2016 7:31 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:31:27 -0400

No. It takes a leader with a radical and popular cause.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 29 at 2016 8:37 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:37:01 -0400

Yes our political system will get us there sooner than later.

Response by SFC Marcus Belt made Mar 29 at 2016 9:56 AM

SFC Marcus Belt — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:56:15 -0400

I don't see the politicians as the cause, but as the symptoms. The issues that divide the country are significant, and run very deep, so deep in fact that compromise is extraordinarily difficult, perhaps impossible without feeling as if we are compromising some fundamental element of self.

Examples: gay marriage, abortion rights and ACA. On these issues, people on opposite sides more strongly identify with the source of these values, than they do with their American identities. As such, there is no room for compromise. The opposing viewpoints on each of these issues, just as examples, have wildly divergent worldviews, expectations and concepts of government, that cannot be reconciled to each other in any real way.

I am deeply concerned with the outcome of this election cycle. If Former Secretary of State Clinton wins, there will be a large segment of the population, who have felt increasingly marginalized and disenfranchised during the Obama Administration, whose anxieties will only INCREASE, perhaps dangerously so, in the event of another Democratic Administration. My concern stems from the fact that some of those folks feeling that way will have spent all or parts of the last eight years fighting counter-insurgencies, and may reach a point where they feel that the Government of the US is no longer ABLE to represent them, their best interests or their most deeply-held values.

That, my friends, would be a problem.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2016 4:12 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:12:11 -0400

We continue to see the richest get richer while the poor are blamed for the fact that the Middle class is also shrinking and becoming poorer. Fascism is a very real threat in such an environment, and I believe it's important that we understand what it really represents. If you want to understand Fascism, ask a Fascist.

http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/mussolini-fascism.asp

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Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 31 at 2016 10:22 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:22:33 -0400

yes

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Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 2 at 2016 11:21 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 11:21:26 -0400

I know I am ready I hope that every family has a plan to survive such situations.

Response by SGT John " Mac " McConnell made Apr 3 at 2016 8:09 AM

SGT John " Mac " McConnell — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:09:27 -0400

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