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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/next-us-civil-war-already-here-we-refuse-to-see-it The next US civil war is already here – we just refuse to see it

Nobody wants what’s coming, so nobody wants to see what’s coming.

The United States today is, once again, headed for civil war, and, once again, it cannot bear to face it. The political problems are both structural and immediate, the crisis both longstanding and accelerating. The American political system has become so overwhelmed by anger that even the most basic tasks of government are increasingly impossible.

The legal system grows less legitimate by the day. Trust in government at all levels is in freefall, or, like Congress, with approval ratings hovering around 20%, cannot fall any lower. Right now, elected sheriffs openly promote resistance to federal authority. Right now, militias train and arm themselves in preparation for the fall of the Republic. Right now, doctrines of a radical, unachievable, messianic freedom spread across the internet, on talk radio, on cable television, in the malls.

The consequences of the breakdown of the American system is only now beginning to be felt. January 6 wasn’t a wake-up call; it was a rallying cry. The Capitol police have seen threats against members of Congress increase by 107%. Fred Upton, Republican representative from Michigan, recently shared a message he had received: “I hope you die. I hope everybody in your family dies.” And it’s not just politicians but anyone involved in the running of the electoral system. Death threats have become a standard aspect of the work life of election supervisors and school board members. A third of poll workers, in the aftermath of 2020, said they felt unsafe.

In England everyone seems to wanna be a "badass" roadman, so they all go around acting all hard with their little pocket knife and their "mandem". Then you hear on news about "man decapitates factory worker with machette" lmao... it's so stupid, oh yeah, i hope it was worth it for you buddy... for that quick 5 minutes of looking like a gangsta Infront of all your little buddies... Now you will spend whole life in jail, and you will never even see those little buddies again, hahahha So dumb

Hey, I like hip-hop music as much as the next man, I've been heavily into early 90s rap music since about 6, and always wore baggy clothes and speak with some slang, but not once have I ever thought I was a gangsta, I'm not living in a fantasy world where I think I'ma black guy from the ghetto lmao,. I know I'm jus a white goofball, I think you can enjoy the music without doing all that shit and thinking you are gangsta, it's jus entertainment,

So I don't think it's neccasarily rap music that's to blame for this, I think it's stupid people that can't separate art from rap that is to blame, unfortunately there seems to be a lot of them... so it does have some influence unfortunately...

Or maybe these people who do these crimes don't do it because of rap or to look cool, but they do it because they have mental problems, like maybe some repressed anger due to traumatic experiences? I dunno... What do u think?