Robert Pape

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Modern Wisdom · “This Will Be The Most Violent Election Of Our Lifetime” - Robert Pape #1154 · 24 Sep 2026 podcast

But let me start by explaining it with a wildfire before we get to the political violence. matched

How does a wildfire happen? matched

You have masses of dry wood combustible material, and then you have a spark. matched

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with a cigarette. matched

A cigarette, a cigar butt, they walk away. matched

Think of that as the focal point. matched

So that is how you get a wildfire. matched

You can have that mass of material, that dry wood. matched

It can sit there for months and months and months. matched

You might even go through a whole year and not have actual wildfire. matched

But once you have a lightning strike, once you have that cigar butt thrown out, the fact you had months and months of nothing, that doesn't stop it because it goes up like that. matched

That's the issue with normalization of political violence. matched

And that's what you saw in January 6th. matched

So you had a buildup of mass support thinking that the election was stolen, a lot of anger. matched

And what happened on literally January 6th and at the Ellipse during President Trump's speech, the focal point, which was the trigger and the spark that turned that massive combustible material into matched

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But keep in mind, I'm going to give you an answer that's an actual social scientist giving you an answer. matched

And when I said yes to the extent, you might say, well, but Bob, that's exactly what I meant. matched

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