I think it could be a couple of things that might cause a real rise up so to speak.
Firearm confiscation is one.
All this talk about redistribution of wealth. Sounds all well and good when it is the 1%. But we have seen in recent bills introduced to apply a surcharge/tax on those making $1-2 million. How long is it before it is anyone making $150k? $100k? $75k? All to pay for someone else’s college education? Someone else’s healthcare? Subsidize someone else’s house payment?
Socioeconomic collapse, especially if any or even a few of the farming/agriculture issues we have seen recently and the worst comes to pass. Shortage of food, and people will get down right nutz. And they will follow anyone who promises them a quick, easy solution.
Mass surveillance: We do that to ourselves. What Google, Facebook, et al. have accomplished is the envy of governments and intelligence agencies around the world.
I do not discount some of these young radicals we have been seeing. I just posted an article about a Northwestern Dean’s reaction to a group of protesters who were attacking the school’s student journalists for covering the protests. Read the article and watch the video for yourself. This is not the first time I have heard the phrase “We are fighting for our lives!” Not only in this instance, but the other instances, I did not see anyone lose their life. But fact is they truly believe it. And nothing more dangerous than a true believer. To a degree we have seen the lengths they will go into in violence, disregard for property, or laws. And in this day and age of Trump, they are more than I would of thought. Even if there are those who cannot participate in a protest/demonstration, they could provide passive support.
What would it take them to go for full on violence? I dunno. But do not discount them out of hand.
Military stance in all of this? Who knows. Saw a poll that said the majority of officers were against Trump. That same poll said the majority of enlisted were for Trump. I think the military would have to sit that one out and keep an eye out for anyone (Russia, China etc) who tries to take advantage of the situation.
I agree with Tolik. The division in America is mostly by our own doing. When I say our own, I mean our own political process, corporate MSM, and even the American public has a degree of responsibility in this mess.