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

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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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コメント (21)
  • @The8224sm
    “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." John F. Kennedy
  • @CG-gb1kj
    When has the CIA ever followed rules and legal restrictions?
  • 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
  • "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?
  • The crowd was silent and let her speak even when she touched on current political divisions. Disciplined people are a breathe of fresh air.
  • 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.
  • @bonham728
    You can do all the studies you want. When it happens it will in a way that no one could have predicted.
  • @petespete4118
    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.
  • @troma54
    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.
  • 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?
  • @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."
  • @K1pp3rs
    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.
  • "Don't CENSOR free speech, just SUPPRESS it !!!" This lady is a GENIUS !! Why haven't we thought of that ?!?
  • Since the cia can’t do this domestically, they hired her to do it for them… which is still illegal.
  • At this point I don't see how it is avoidable. The mutual distrust and disdain each side feels towards the other is getting worse and worse.
  • Considering the new events going on, this episode needs updating.