# Could the US look like South Africa? **URL:** \ **Category:** Political Topics\ **Created:** [July 15, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497 "2021-07-15T15:03:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/1 "2021-07-15T15:03:39Z")
If Trump were charged and jailed for the Jan 6 insurrection or any of the myriad things the left wants to charge him with before, during and after his term as president, might we see the type of civil unrest that SA is seeing? I actually wouldn’t be all that surprised if we did see some pockets of it. > **[Photos show South Africa riots in the wake Jacob Zuma arrest](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/15/photos-south-africa-riots-in-the-wake-jacob-zuma-arrest.html)** > > Protests erupted in South Africa last week after former President Jacob Zuma handed himself in to police to serve a 15-month jail term for contempt of court. ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/2 "2021-07-15T15:45:31Z")
If they are capable of the January 6 insurrection, then I don’t see why they wouldn’t try it again if Trump is put in prison. I’m not sure about wide-spread though. The January 6 insurrection was terrible, but wasn’t it just in DC? ---
**Author:** ![Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/kenny/32/53_2.png) [@Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Kenny)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/3 "2021-07-15T15:48:40Z")
The “storming” of the Capitol was primarily limited to DC but there were coincident pro-Trump protests at various state capitols across the country. ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/4 "2021-07-15T15:50:20Z")
ah, okay, i guess i don’t live in a state capitol, so i felt more removed from it than other protests that did involve my city last year. ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/5 "2021-07-15T16:55:54Z")
Also, the “storming” of the Capitol was by people who gathered from all over the country (and, of course they had a target). But what if those people stayed home and fomented the insurrection from where they were? ---
**Author:** ![ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/ao_fan/32/143_2.png) [@ao\_fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ao_fan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/6 "2021-07-15T16:58:04Z")
i’m not sure we have many crazy trumpkins in manhattan. those crazy staten islanders though might travel over 😬 ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/7 "2021-07-15T17:04:11Z")
But once the looting starts… No one wants to carry stuff from Manhattan to Staten Island. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/snikelfritz/32/5728_2.png) [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/8 "2021-07-15T19:14:50Z")
If his supporters are this dangerous all the more reason to jail him for encouraging it. ---
**Author:** ![LususNaturae](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@LususNaturae](https://community.goactuary.com/u/LususNaturae)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/9 "2021-07-16T13:46:49Z")
We already had riots. On January 6th. Led by the guy who should be arrested for it. ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nick_papagiorgio/32/451_2.png) [@Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Nick_Papagiorgio)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/10 "2021-07-18T20:07:42Z")
We have been having politically motivated riots and killings my whole life. As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, there is nothing new under the sun. Bad humans have been a constant throughout human history and they aren’t even finding new ways to be bad. Lying, stealing, and killing have always been and as long as we exist they will continue to be. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickBauer](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PatrickBauer](https://community.goactuary.com/u/PatrickBauer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/11 "2021-07-18T22:14:06Z")
I could see a smattering of meaningless strutting. I don’t see enough Trump supporters willing to sacrifice for the cause. Prosecution and incarceration of the January 6th insurrectionists will make it a little too real for most of the Trump supporters. In short they will bitch and moan but they aren’t going to lose their job over it. ---
**Author:** ![magillaG](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@magillaG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/magillaG)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/12 "2021-07-18T23:55:43Z")
I think there are two possible important dynamics. The first is that jan 6 was a unique opportunity due to trump being president, and it’s significance in the transfer of power. This is what made it an insurrection instead of just a violent mob. Hopefully that opportunity will not come again. Second, much of trumps appeal is from being a winner. This is why he cannot admit that he lost the election. I’m not sure that can translate into martyrdom. A martyr has to sacrifice for something greater than themselves. But trump allows nothing greater than himself. Maybe a jailed trump can be a heroic figure suffering to make america great again, and maybe that is somebody who can rally a mob. But a jailed trump might also lose his appeal by virtue of being a loser. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/busy_bee4422/32/69948_2.png) [@Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Busy_Bee4422)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/13 "2024-11-21T00:18:35Z")
😂I was searching for something else and this came up. I think they way Zuma and his party performed this election is very similar to the USA now. On a serious note I am looking for where I understand how likes work on this platform. I gave too much recently and was being given timeouts so I wonder what are the limits I need to abide by. Nway will continue the search ---
**Author:** ![now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/now_samantha/32/24815_2.png) [@now\_samantha](https://community.goactuary.com/u/now_samantha)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/14 "2024-11-21T01:34:16Z")
I think that there is a cap of 50 likes per day. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/busy_bee4422/32/69948_2.png) [@Busy\_Bee4422](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Busy_Bee4422)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/15 "2024-11-21T01:35:28Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/could-the-us-look-like-south-africa/3497/16 "2024-11-21T02:56:04Z")
I think it’s actually higher than that. I’m the inaugural holder of the Higher Love badge which is for using “all 50” likes in a day at least 5 times. But I have never been cut off from liking something. I think it’s impossible that I used precisely 50 likes (not 49 or it wouldn’t count for the badge and not 51 or I’d have been cut off) on five separate days. Plus I think Glenn or Serena confirmed that the cap was actually higher than 50. Maybe 100 or 200? But there definitely is a cap because once people started chasing the Higher Love badge they were running out. I never set out to earn it… I didn’t even know it was a thing until I earned it. I just really like you all! 😉