Political Violence and Civil War
“Leftist extremists believe that the end justifies the means and readily resort to violence to eliminate their opponents and undermine traditional societies.”
The brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk has been widely discussed in European media, which parroted U.S. mainstream media or focused on the irreconcilable ideological divisions in U.S. society. Pundits warned of an impending civil war, both in Europe and America. The challenges in Europe are mostly due to immigration by large groups of people who refuse to integrate into their adoptive societies and instead share and act upon their extremely hostile values toward Western civilization.
David Betz, an eminent Professor of War at King’s College London, discusses this topic at length and summarizes the various warnings of a potential civil war by European politicians or pundits:
Country Warning United Kingdom Nigel Farage, former leader of the Brexit Party and Reform UK, warned in November 2023 that ‘mass immigration’ and multiculturalism risked ‘civil unrest verging on conflict’ if integration continues to fail. France Éric Zemmour, 2021, plus French generals, 2021, both warning of ‘civil war’ Germany Hans-Georg Maaßen, former intelligence chief, warned in 2022 that failure to control immigration and integrate migrants risked ‘civil war-like conditions.’ Sweden Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats, warned in 2022 that multiculturalism and immigration-driven crime could push Sweden toward ‘civil conflict.’ Italy Matteo Salvini, former Interior Minister, warned in 2020 that uncontrolled immigration could spark ‘civil conflict’ between Italians and migrants amid economic strain. Netherlands Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, warned in 2023 that ‘Islamization’ and immigration could lead to ‘civil war’ if multiculturalism is not reversed. Hungary Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister, warned in 2021 that multiculturalism from immigration threatened ‘civil conflict’ by undermining Hungary’s Christian identity. Denmark Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Hard Line party, warned in 2022 that immigration and multiculturalism could lead to ‘civil conflict’ if ghettoized communities grow. Austria Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party (FPÖ), warned in 2023 that immigration and multicultural policies could provoke ‘civil war’ by eroding Austrian culture. Belgium Filip Dewinter, Vlaams Belang politician, warned in 2021 that multiculturalism and immigration in Brussels could lead to ‘civil conflict’ between Flemish natives and migrant groups. Spain Santiago Abascal, leader of the Vox party, warned in 2021 that unchecked immigration and multiculturalism could lead to ‘civil conflict’ by threatening Spanish identity. Poland Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, warned in 2022 that EU-driven immigration policies could destabilize Poland, risking ‘civil conflict’ with native Poles. Greece Kyriakos Velopoulos, leader of Greek Solution, warned in 2020 that immigration influxes could spark ‘civil conflict’ if migrants overwhelm Greek culture and resources. Switzerland Oskar Freysinger, former Swiss People’s Party (SVP) politician, warned in 2021 that growing immigration and multicultural policies could lead to ‘civil conflict’ by diluting Swiss traditions. Czech Republic Tomio Okamura, leader of the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party, warned in 2023 that immigration and multiculturalism could provoke ‘civil war’ by clashing with Czech homogeneity. Ireland Gearóid Murphy, an Irish nationalist and prominent anti-immigration commentator, warned in 2023 that mass immigration could lead to ‘civil conflict’ by overwhelming Irish culture and resources. Finland Jussi Halla-aho, former leader of the Finns Party, warned in 2021 that immigration and multiculturalism could destabilize Finland, potentially leading to ‘civil conflict’ if integration fails. Norway Sylvi Listhaug, former Justice Minister and Progress Party politician, warned in 2022 that lax immigration policies and multiculturalism could erode social cohesion, risking ‘conflict’ akin to Sweden’s issues. Portugal André Ventura, leader of the Chega party, warned in 2020 that immigration and multiculturalism could lead to ‘civil conflict’ by clashing with Portuguese values and straining social systems. Slovakia Ľudovít Ódor, an economist and former advisor, warned in 2023 that rising anti-immigrant sentiment and multiculturalism could spark ‘civil unrest’ if populist rhetoric escalates.
The above statements capture the main problems that could spark a civil war in Europe. In the United States, however, the deep political and ideological division is not the primary cause of political violence, in contrast with the recent commentary by numerous European media and pundits. The political violence in our country is mostly due to the recent radicalization of the Left. Leftist extremists believe that the end justifies the means and readily resort to violence to eliminate their opponents and undermine traditional societies.
Although there may occur occasional acts of violence by people who profess conservative allegiance, such individuals both misunderstand and misrepresent Biblical religion, conservatism, and American values. Conservatism, as well as Classical liberalism and Judeo-Christian values, are antithetical to murder and political violence and fully compatible with a desire to preserve America and the West.
While the United States is not impervious to the dangers of a potentially brutal civil war, it can still implement resolute steps to properly prosecute radical groups and individuals and promote decisive policies and measures to eliminate anti-Semitic, anti-American, and anti-Western activities, as well as marginalize harmful ideologies that engender political violence. Decisive action is paramount to prevent the escalation of civil discord. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer reportedly noted, “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
Nora D. Clinton is a Research Scholar at the Legal Insurrection Foundation. She was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria. She holds a PhD in Classics and has published extensively on ancient documents on stone. In 2020, she authored the popular memoir Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds. Nora is a co-founder of two partner charities dedicated to academic cooperation and American values. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and son.
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Comments
Trump has exposed the left; he is not a “go along to get along” republican.
The primary cause of violence is soap opera. It started showing up on the left with Jessica in the Well, which drew a huge week-long 24/7 audience.
They’ve never looked back. The dems and the media have a business arrangement. The dems supply soap opera and the media broadcast it.
That’s mutually profitable, for the networks because they sell eyeballs to advertisers, and for the dems because women vote.
Once soaked deep in soap opera, nothing is real except the villains fastening little Nell to the railroad tracks, aka Trump.
Now the right has started doing it too.
Shut up, Jew-hating man-child.
Do you believe that if you keep writing this over and over, we’re going to suddenly change our minds at some point and buy it?
“A lie repeated often enough becomes truth.” He’s had bad teachers, Henry.
I will state again he is a psychopath. He is incapable of understanding normal human responses. Does not, in fact, realize other humans are not simply NPCs in his universe-of-self.
When the lefties blindfold you and stand you up against the wall, it won’t feel much like a soap opera then, I’ll bet.
You’ve worn out your welcome here. Time for you to find somewhere else to hang out.
Rags, is that you?
-chuckle-
This is one of my favorite websites. I visit at least once an hour to check for updates.
However the actual website is garbage. The screen is covered in ads and today the formatting on this post is unreadable.
Did the people who run this website even look at the site on a mobile device to check it?
It took me a minute to figure out that your complaint is valid only in mobile mode. On a large screen, this article is perfectly readable. On a phone, the forced formatting in the columnar section throws much of the text off the RH margin and you cannot pinch or slide it over. So the lesson for LI is to avoid columnar text unless you preview it in mobile mode.
I mostly check the website on mobile, and I’d bet that’s the norm rather than the exception. Checking for formatting compatible with mobile is crucial in this day and age.
I use two browsers, Firefox (not often) and Brave (almost every time), on my phone and desktop computer. I see none of the formatting problems you mention.
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Ok in edge, though occasionally some malware gets into the ads.
To global cop,
The articles here are a waste of time.
The only interesting thing is in the comments section.
Like all fanatics the left believes it will win a civil war when the truth is that the next US civil war will likely end within months at the most as the red states will simply cut off the food supply to blue states. Food riots would probably start within a few weeks.
Three days. Most urban areas only have sufficient supplies on hand for three days. After that, riots.
They would be able to import food from outside the USA but not fast enough to meet needs. They could merely delay the inevitable.
Every long, drawn out parade of horrors called “war” starts with someone convinced they’ll have easy victory in no time at all. Don’t be an idiot. Do you want to starve? Freeze? Watch your relatives, friends, and neighbors starve or freeze? Suffer attacks like 10/7 on a US scale?
Just consider how quickly Chaz broke down.
Trouble is, every red state has blue enclaves within it.
Those would be the first starved into submission.
There’s no way America would be on the verge like Europe, but for Obama, the absolute most destructive president, and his cronies, Biden, Clinton and his intelligence sycophants. Using his race as a sword and shield was despicable. It’s nice that he is finally getting his due, but the sorry state of political violence and civil war is at his doorstep.
LBJ
Not even close. For all his faults, LBJ was not anti-American. Nor were any others that occupied the office.
IMO this country has been living with the consequences of LBJ’s social welfare policies for 60 years.
I differ only in that Obama was a half-bright halfrican tool of smarter and more nefarious players behind the scenes.
He proved he had no political chops and no coattails, either, but he was a potent symbol for the left and the sharpest possible tool to exploit white guilt (which only worked because w have been flagellating ourselves for 50 years into the belief that racism was the worst possible sin)
The willingness to directly and forcefully disperse the lefty wokiesta mob actions seems to be beyond the grasp of our political class. Every refusal to act, every delay in acting decisively to disperse, arrest and prosecute only serves to embolden the lefty wokiesta mob.
We’ll see if Trump’s serious about acting on Antifa. The government taking down some of the left’s foot soldiers would go a long way to restoring the non-left’s confidence in a fair government AND trim the left’s ability to start violence.
to act on Antifa, which has reportedly been disbanded already, Trump will have to rely on Blondie, who is totally clueless
JFK and Obama behaved as it the Attorney General was the most important position. IMO Trump did not even learn from ample first term experience.
Investigation of the financing would be a good start. As is pulling on the threads that connect the different street mobs to each other and the network of lefty NGO, donors and foundations. One low hanging fruit would be to prohibit ‘charities’ from sending $ to other ‘charities’ or at least to require each transfer to continue to track and report the original donors.
There’s a real danger that civil war in one European country will spread throughout Europe in a flash.
Meanwhile, at the same time, there will be a sudden spike in violence here in the US. Just because.
I think you all are missing the attack vector.
It will be the “haves” vs the “have nots” in the 11th hour.
Why? It has been used more than any other vector in past 150 years for civil war.
The set up is decriminalizing crime and criminalizing anyone standing up against crime. The criminals here have NOTHING to lose, but the upstanding citizens lose a lot when they have to fight jail and trumped up crimes from petty local dictators (seems like the blue hats in Gulag archipelago). This has been getting to be over the top in Europe. It’s also happening in blue states; ESPECIALLY Washington where Ferguson has been actively jailing and prosecuting police for the past 4 years.
Meanwhile 20 time felons can commit vehicular manslaughter and be back on the streets in the same afternoon.
As this proceeds, the criminals will feel more and more entitled to your stuff – or just raping your daughter as is the case in the UK. The punishment for pushing back will be greater and greater.
That will be the attack vector. All the people with anything to lose will be defenseless BECAUSE they have something to lose. The criminals will have total reign because their will be no repercussions We saw a version of this with squatters during COVID. That was just a practice run and believe me, the leftists love what they saw.