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by Hasknewbie 2884 days ago
Based on observed uprising or civil wars [1], to have one of those you need (1) stark mass poverty that borders on famine, i.e. people really scrapping by, and (2) Youth! It's much much easier for a younger population to revolt.

And, no offense, but relative to the rest of the world Americans are kind of old and kind of fat.

So: probably not.

[1] Sources:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybowyer/2013/07/18/youth-in...

https://www.fragilestates.org/2012/11/25/causes-of-revolutio...