Somehow this doesn't quite seem to be happening to the degree that one might expect. I could hypothesise that imperial over-reach, characterised by unwinnable or badly fought wars, a dysfunctional polity and poorly developed public social, educational and healthcare services result in very considerable economic inefficiencies together with an even greater human development deficit.
Violence in the US may exacerbate this, but when viewed from a European perspective, what's new? The civil rights era was also marked by violence - it may now just have a slightly different target population.
In my view any resort to violence by the right will just underline their impotence and serve to marginalise them further, but I could be wrong. It's easier to be so dispassionate from 3000 miles away. notes from no w here
Whether there will be a rise in targeted terrorist violence where govt buildings and representatives are sought out is difficult to say. I hope not, but t the moment your media are playing a very dangerous game of giving the lunatic fringe so much opportunity to speak as if theirs was a relevant input. When journalistic balance means giving equal space to lies as to truth, your entire political culture is contaminated.... keep to the Fen Causeway
