Another product of our soft society. People don’t learn proper conflict management. Now when something doesn’t go their way they jump straight to anger level 10 instead of attempting to solve the issue diplomatically. This goes for both the left and right side of the aisle.
I don't think there is much hope of things trending towards the more peaceful, more negotiated, less emotional side anytime soon.
If anything, I think the average folks, are if anything getting more and more willing / ready for violent action.
If you think it's bad now, wait till the effects of the government murdering the economy really kick in and the "free" government money runs out.
It is to a great extent a direct consequence of many people on all sides of the issue being pretty certain that asking nicely, using reasoned arguments, begging for your rights, trying to get justice in the courts, trying to hold "public servants" or "politicians" personally accountable in any way for their actions is worse than useless. Folks have come to understand if you think you are being oppressed or your rights are being violated by the "just following orders" types and "the king's men", it's either you get justice on the street there and then or you never get any justice.
Recent peaceful protests wound up with the politicians giving exactly 0 fucks about it and doing what they wanted anyways, and in many case the police continuing doing what they were doing or going after the peaceful protesters. It's only been when the anger starts boiling over and either gets to full on violence or enough serious threats of violence, that anyone in power seems to care.
People have tried getting justice in the courts for police actions that left people dead or seriously injured or being robbed of a huge chunk of their lives, and the overwhelming public knowledge is that the police will almost always get away with it if you are peaceful and try getting your day in court (which may take years and near bankrupt you just to get to that point).
People also grow tired of having to go to the courts and spend years and tons of money to get the courts to tell the politicians / police that what they are doing is wrong, unconstitutional, unlawful and please, pretty please stop if you don't mind.... but no need to compensate anyone for all the evil you did.
(And if you want to argue this, let's pull out the court cases and rulings there is piles of them)
The only thing that actually seems to get results is going straight to enough violence as a big enough mob to make the politicians scared enough to stop doing whatever is causing the outrage. The politicians are more than happy to let police get away with killing people unless it causes a public revolt.
People got tired of pointless talk and pointless attempts at getting justice in the courts.
This whole business of the "Just following orders" types aggressively enforcing the dictates of the local tyrants to murder the economy, drive small business bankrupt (while letting Walmart and other mega corporations get all the money) and imprison people in their homes for no good reason and in some cases actions that defy all logic (like arresting people for being in a boat away from everyone, or on the beach, or way out in the wilderness, or ticketing folks for being in their cars for a drive in church service instead of all crowding into a Walmart) has only stoked the pressure and hatred and desire to go on a rampage, so that the moderates who would normally act as a bit of a buffer are just like... let's let it burn.
In short this whole country pretty much is waiting for an excuse to tear each other apart.
