I don't think so, America has a massive amount of political unrest.
Both parties seem to adore violence on their political enemies these days, and most Americans think civil war is on the way.
Source?
Personally, if we survived the 60’s/70’s, I think we can survive this. They literally murdered college students in front of the world.
I’m also not sure how any of this translates into Stalin-era gulags. People throw that term around too lightly, like “nazi.” If you’ve actually studied any Russian/Soviet history you should know how insane those were, even for an era with rampant fascism.
My parents were activists in the 60s, and my grandparents were activists in the 20s & 30s. My parents mostly feared being beaten, with a background fear of being shot at. My grandparents feared being disappeared along with retribution to their extended family, friends, and neighborhoods.
The advent of increased population, social media, technology, and major american hyper polarization make the current times very different than the 60s/70s.
It seems in vogue to use words without understanding the actual meanings. Most people haven't read history and speak, loudly, of that which they don't know.
Let's stop with the both sides are the same bit, m'kay? Plenty to criticize on the left but please stick to facts.
And as far as Civil War goes, I'd posit that it's already begun.
If a civil war has “already begun,” I guess I live somewhere else, because I don’t hear any gun shots. Frankly it feels a lot calmer around here than it did a year or two ago.
A key change this time is not to split apart, but to simply grab all the marbles and declare the game to be over. I wish I could be sanguine about this and would love to be proven wrong, but it's looking grim.