... And what you would find is that the United States, a democracy founded more than two centuries ago, has entered very dangerous territory.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/17/how-civil-wars-start-barbara-walter-research/
It is partly a question of numbers, and how much the insurgents are concentrated in geographic areas. Dana writes...
Bright Line Watch found that 17 percent of those who identify strongly as Republicans support the use of violence to restore Trump to power, and 39 percent favor doing everything possible to prevent Democrats from governing effectively... Agree these segments are appalling in what they seem to advocate.
I think we could take into consideration that only 25% of Americans are Republican, which would, applied to the quoted stats, quarter them. A quarter of 17% is then 4.25% of all Americans who support violence on Trump's behalf. A quarter of 39% is roughly ten percent who favor obstructing Democratic governments. If we are letting either 4.25% or 10% of the electorate bring down our democratic institutions, then we really will have failed. It would be fringeocracy.