Political Violence

Alan Shibley

POL_S-316

Professor StehrOctober 11, 2022

Political Violence

This book by Jonathan Brooder discusses how political Violence has affected the well-being of human beings. The author analysis how former president Trump and his competitor Joe Biden brought about political Violence in the United States (Broder, 2022). The article oversees how political Violence brings about loss of lives, a decline in economic growth levels, and loss of foreign investors, among others.

This case brings to our attention a case of two powerful American Presidential Candidates, former President Donald Trump and sitting president Joe Biden in the 2020 elections. The former president’s supporters do not believe they lost the election (Known as Republicans). The policy goal of this article is that there is a conflict that is believed to threaten civil unrest and the United States’ standing as a liberal democracy. Jonathan Brooder points out three policy conditions in the United States to one degree or another: The first is the presence of political parties that are deeply polarized along ethnic, racial, or religious lines. The other policy under conflict is how a major political party is resorting to undemocratic to maintain power. The third; is the rise of a charismatic political figure that is believed to have exploited the fears of a once-dominant social group.

Political experts have been reported to believe that the rise of politics, which are polarized, is a direct result of the seen changes in the policies that have taken place in the United States society and culture. The increase in racial and ethnic diversity has been reported to influence why most Americans had to protest on the streets following the number of deaths caused by discrimination based on color and ethnicity, which are related to political backgrounds (Broder, 2022). Ethnical groups declared to give a fight that would result in their voices being heard by those in power. The claims of political Violence based on race and ethnicity bring the competing parties to strategies of enacting new policies that must move into the Americans Political mainstream.

The analyst is concerned that Violence is justified due to poor law enforcement. Political violence rates have increased in most countries where citizens believe that majority and powerful political parties are believed to amend the constitutions to protect their interests. The author states that capital assault is one of the main reasons for the outburst of political extremism. The supporters of the majority political parties have been found to take advantage of the current situation, posing threats against public officials and educators regarding how elections are to be conducted. Jonathan further reports in this article among the factors that contribute to political Violence is social media. The spread of conspiracy theories results in inflaming racist, antisemitic, and anti-government passions, which result in political Violence.

The author of this report relates how, in 1932, Justice Louis Brandeis called the states “laboratories” of democracy (Broder, 2022). He was trying to show how political parties work out social and economic experiments without considering the risk it brings to the people. Policies must be enacted to create political values to deal with such behaviors, which will be seen as the foundations of people’s political behaviors like voting or protesting. The unfair introduction of 250 bills is among the causes of Violence, where they are introduced to restrict voting and disproportionately affect voters of color; these denials them the justice to elect this preferred leader.

The enacted laws that ostensibly promote election integrity also have a dark side because the policies’ critics might make it harder to vote. The election systems must be made more accessible to handle the future electoral volume to deal with such restrictions. Bringing up an electoral integrity system is a significant control of political Violence. New voting laws, like provisions that add greater access to early–people voting, will help reduce wait time at the polling stations and enable new identification for those who didn’t turn up for voting.

In creating a conducive environment for practicing political rights, lawmakers must develop values that prevent denouncing mob violence and role inciting by political leaders (Broder, 2022). Those under constitutional offices must independently criticize those inciting people for bringing about Violence. The polls show that the readiness of those who turn out to violence results from incitement. The people are taught to refuse to pay taxes; this brings about Violence.

Overall, the result of political Violence is never good; the attacks lead to the loss of young, innocent people who know nothing about politics. When people protest on the streets, the government has to spend on protective measures. The unlawful effects call for efforts to hold the perpetrators accountable and must face criminal charges in connection to trying to threaten US democracy for their selfish advantage.

References

Broder, J. (2022). Political Violence. Accessed on Access Date: October 11, 2022. https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2022042900