# "Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon, survey finds" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-of-americans-anticipate-a-u-s-civil-war-soon-survey-finds/968314 "2022-07-21T12:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 73
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-of-americans-anticipate-a-u-s-civil-war-soon-survey-finds/968314/73 "2022-07-23T02:04:54Z")
Sorry, I see by my link Dalio suggested a _30% chance of US civil war_ within a decade. This is still too high. It is true US divisions are significant, but the grandfather clock will stop when the old man dies. Trump sycophants and similars shortchange Trump’s sociopathic skill set, see? The military, administrators and enough partisans and people will do the right thing if the fan becomes fecal. > [@US-China Economic Competition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-china-economic-competition/955908): > > Reading a book by Ray Dalio where he discusses competition between US and China, where he has been investing for decades. His thoughts are partly summarized here. And his more generali thoughts in this linked thread. In the first link, he thinks there is about a 30% chance of upcoming Civil War in the US in the next decade This seems pretty high to me. He bases this on a historical view given certain numbers of economic and social red flags. My questions are more about China, which he … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-of-americans-anticipate-a-u-s-civil-war-soon-survey-finds/968314)._