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Odds of large-scale domestic backlash after midterms? (lemmus.org)
submitted 10 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Polling currently indicates many seats flipping to Dems. Assume for now that this happens and both houses of congress are majority Democrat.

What are the odds that Trump triggers some sequence of events that lead to large-scale domestic backlash? Some theoretical options

  • Refuse to accept results of election
  • Significantly escalate foreign wars
  • False-flag operation of some form. Bombing, orchestrated AI take over, infrastructure collapse
  • Orchestrate large scale rioting with agitators

What are the odds something like this occurs leading to a significant enough impact to negatively affect most people?

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[–] 17 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

I don't think the right has the juice for a popular uprising at this point. There's a good chance the administration will escalate the war, but they'd probably do that if they won the midterms, too. It will only make them more unpopular.

A false flag operation would be a fool's errand. My local school gets a bomb threat every week. Our infrastructure is already falling apart routinely. It'd just be hard to shock us with something like that at this point.

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