Is the US Headed Towards Another Civil War? | Barbara F. Walter | TED

Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in extremism and threats to democracies around the globe -- and paints an unsettling picture of the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States.

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[Thesm]

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
John F. Kennedy

[JohnSmith-tikp]

"The C.I.A. is legally not allowed to monitor the United States or it's citizens". When has this ever slowed them down or stopped them in the past? And also who would know?

[CG-gbkj]

When has the CIA ever followed rules and legal restrictions?

[WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

I think the odds just went up signifficantly...

[youtubesucks]

The crowd was silent and let her speak even when she touched on current political divisions. Disciplined people are a breathe of fresh air.

[lost_is_all]

i, for one, totally trust the nice CIA lady's claims about the causes of civil war. my favorite part was when she didn't include the CIA as #1 on her list 😎

[jaredmuralt]

What about preventing lobbyists from corrupting politics? What about prohibiting politicians from funneling untold amounts of taxpayers' money and debt to the pharmaceutical and military lobbies?
And the other one talks about regulating social media. How about freedom of the press first? Assange is just the tip of the iceberg.

[strifelife]

She missed the economic aspects that are playing a role, the mass economic transfer that happened during covid has been staggering making a huge economic divide here in the us

[lissaglasgow]

We’re literally living in a cold Civil War

[Kpprs]

As a non American, hearing the list of civil war she listed out, and seeing how America had their hand in many of those “civil wars”.. just wow.

[mikemcgill]

Free and fair elections. Get rid of the machines and mail in voting unless a ballot is requested. Same day voting needs to occur in each precinct and every voter must be able to prove they're a citizen.

[SinnerSince]

I am lost here.... At around 11:15, she basically says we shouldn't limit free speech and then immediately says we should take away the bullhorn of those who amplify... So their free speech now isn't free anymore. So, who makes this determination about what should be censored, Ms. Walter?

[troma]

But who decides what gets amplified on social media? The tech companies? The government? There has never been a time when censorship protected the good guys.

[petespete]

Problem is, some people are gonna hear this and think we need to fund a way to crush warmongers before they begin when in fact we should be looking at alleviating the conditions that cause resent.

[gortnewton]

Her comments have a leftist bias, a strong leftist bias.

[mikepainter]

I wouldn’t trust anyone on a CIA Task Force. So, the CIA said, you’re a private citizen just go do what you want with this sensitive information?

[bobdine]

Dont trust someone who was on a CIA task force monitoring the world for civil wars probabilities because they usually start them😂 she is a civilian 😎Yeah right

[walowaiyesh]

My favorite part was at minute 2:36 "The second factor was whether citizens in these anocracies had formed political parties around identity rather than ideology."

[brilliantmindsproductionac]

She is saying the civil war train is coming

[TheAllen]

Anyone else feel like they are being gas lit watching this?