I live in England's South East region, and there haven't been any disturbances here so far from what I can tell. I just wanted to point out that although the murder might have been the last straw for alot of people, posts like this are still getting almost 100K likes on X. Vast swathes of people will always be more concerned about "racism" that actually doing anything to stand up for English people. https://x.com/StanCollymore/status/1819442878956884182
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I don't know if we can trust social media numbers alone to signify public opinions.
The 'dead Internet' theory has gotten more traction over the years, especially with seeing the 'support' Kamala is getting right now. I will say that because this is gaining steam even with 'heavy handed response' from the government, this could be widening the crack in the foundation of the establishment.
If the public fully realises the government doesn't have the force to deal with them all, the authorities will be left with mass civil disobedience and effectively no power.
Your last paragraph is the natural weakness of the right. It takes critical mass to do ANY thing of importance. The left tends towards cities so they are naturally densely packed and this makes it easier for them to meet, organize it at the very least feed off each other. The right is spread out over 98% of the landmass in the US and probably similar in most countries. Our distance makes it easier for us to remain comfortable longer and also harder to coordinate.
Modern communications technology and encryption all but obviate this problem.
Maybe but who knows about that. Most people I talk to won't put shit on electronic communication at all. If there is a way to talk privately (meaning even the government can't find out) then most people including me don't know about it.