By Brandon Turbeville
A recent poll conducted by YouGov revealed that a sizable portion of the American public is open to the idea of a military coup in the United States. The poll was conducted amid the continual polling that takes place during the U.S. Presidential election yet it did not focus on the elections per se, but the potential lack of elections in the future.
The YouGov poll surveyed 1,000 people online and determined that 29% of Americans, over a quarter of the population, could imagine supporting a military coup against the civilian government. Only 41% could not imagine supporting a coup.
The numbers supporting a potential coup were highest among Republicans with 43% of them saying they could envision supporting a coup, 29% of independents followed, with Democrats trailing at 20%.
- The numbers apparently increased in support when the question asked “whether they would hypothetically support the military stepping in to take control from a civilian government which is beginning to violate the constitution.”
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Did you think our founding fathers could
have envisioned a day when their great experiment failed so miserably
that the people would support a military overthrow of the government?
Their faith in the “people” may have been valid in the late 1700’s but
not today. When you expect someone else to fix your problems, you will
either be disappointed or you will find that the price to pay is too
high.
In either case, the price of slavery is too
high as the replacement of one form of tyranny with another form is the
same end result.
David DeGerolamo
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