Many respondents believe the US economy is already in dire straits, the poll found

More than four in 10 Americans believe the country is heading toward a complete economic meltdown within the next decade, according to a new poll.

The survey, released by YouGov on Wednesday, shows Americans are more worried about the economy than potential threats to the democratic system or the prospect of civil war.

42% of respondents said it is very or somewhat likely that there will be “a total economic collapse” in the next 10 years, while a smaller share, 38%, described this outcome as unlikely.

Financial anxiety ran much higher among Democrats, 53% of whom feared an economic breakdown, compared with just 28% of Republicans.

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    Years? Try months. Second year of his first term was when the economy first stumbled.

    It’s weird that Republicans aren’t more fearful given that farmers got crushed last year, and fertilizer prices are skyrocketing this year. Both due to the pedophile.

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      As a farmer who warned my friends and neighbors about this fact during and after the election, the déjà vu of all of this is absolutely not worth the wait. We’ve literally been here before. And it was bad bad.

      I’ve never wanted to say “I fucking told you so”

      I still don’t.

      But here we are. And they still somehow have no idea. Its fucking wild.

      The worst part is knowing and being powerless despite it all. The most frustrating ones are the people that see the signs and are preparing. Hell they will probably survive it too. Lick their wounds and trudge on again. But they never once hit the point where they realize their actions are the reason this is happening.

      I’m hitting the point where I don’t dread the collapse anymore. In the most nhiallistic of senses, Im starting welcome it. And I’m so damn disappointed that it’s gotten to this point.

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    people be like “we don’t hate republicans; we just hate their policies” and i’m like nah fuck that if every elected republican politician died i’d be celebrating.

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    I mean, it keeps happening.

    And we have to keep watching Boomers live their best lives while knowing we won’t have what they have.

    So yeah, the pessimism is warranted.

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    MIT stats says it’s less than 10 years. Expects world wide full breakdowns by 2030 due to climate change. You thought the holocaust was bad.

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      Climate change won’t be the cause, it’s the debt we have been building up for the last 2 decades.