The State of Disunion

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Is the U.S. on the brink of civil war? It's a question that has been in the air for a while now, as divisions continue to worsen. Beyond the political speeches and debates in the halls of Congress, it's something you're likely feeling in your day-to-day life. Vaccines, school curriculums, climate change, what you define as a human rights issue, even who you call a friend. Some say we've moved beyond the point of discussion. But when words fail, what comes next? In conversation with Malcolm Nance, Anne Applebaum, and Peniel Joseph, we take a deeper look at what we mean when we say civil war, how exactly the country reached this political moment, and where we go from here.

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0:00.0	Do you believe the violence on January 6th was justified morally?
0:07.2	Take the spell.
0:08.7	You believe the violence on January 6th was justified legally?
0:13.8	Yes.
0:15.1	General Flynn, do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the United States of America?
0:20.8	Yes, sir.
0:21.6	Yes, for awareness, be advised there's probably about 400,
0:27.6	proud boys, their march in Eastbound towards the United States Capitol.
0:32.2	Since Trump left office, the big lie has only gotten bigger.
0:35.6	Americans are more divided than ever when it comes to the causes and solutions to climate change.
0:41.1	Talk of civil war ignited by the Mar-a-Lago search spiked a whopping 3,000 percent.
0:48.1	Something's gonna happen.
0:49.1	We are free!
0:59.6	Can we walk back from this type of precipice?
1:06.6	Political polarization in the U.S. has been steadily increasing over the last 40 years.
1:12.1	And these divides have only magnified as they've moved beyond the halls of Congress
1:17.1	into our day-to-day lives.
1:19.5	And we're hearing the term civil war thrown around more
1:22.5	and more.
1:23.6	It's become something of a shorthand
1:25.4	for the intense disagreement over major social
1:28.3	and political issues.
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