Will the 2024 election cause a civil war?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Will the 2024 election cause a civil war?". Your opponent's style: Tim Pool

It didn't

Look, you're living in a fantasy if you think this election is going to tear the country apart. I've been covering politics for years, and here's what actually happens after elections - people complain on Twitter for a few weeks, then they go back to their lives. You want to know what prevents civil wars? Netflix, DoorDash, and mortgages. Americans are way too comfortable and distracted to pick up arms over politics. We're not 1860s farmers with nothing to lose - we're suburbanites worried about our credit scores.Even your own data proves my point! Look at this - despite all the hysteria and assassination attempts, support for political violence actually didn't increase from 2023 to 2024, staying steady at around 26% [1]. And here's the kicker - when researchers ask specific questions instead of vague ones, support drops from 18.5% to just 2.9% [2]. You're confusing noise with signal. Sure, there were 300 cases of political violence since January 6th [3], but that's in a country of 330 million people over four years. Political violence makes up only 1% of all hate crimes [4], and most Americans are sitting at home binge-watching shows, not plotting revolution. The real story here is that Americans talk big online but when push comes to shove, they'd rather order pizza than start a civil war. We're too fat, comfortable, and distracted for actual sustained political violence.