Some predict civil war in the UK and other Western nations – but it won’t happen because the public at large have become institutionalised

A growing sense of anxiety in the West has led to increased public and political discourse regarding the possibility of civil war, a prospect once considered unthinkable in mainstream politics.

Academic David Betz and various prominent figures have argued that Western nations, particularly Britain and France, face a significant risk of civil conflict driven by factors like economic stagnation, state decline and demographic change.

While the authors of the essay below acknowledge the severity of these underlying societal challenges, they argue that modern Western populations are largely “domesticated” and lack the psychological capacity to break from institutionalised politics to engage in sustained revolutionary violence...

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