Unfortunately, we might endure a period of it, assuming we were to mount a successful revolution.
All successful revolutions have a nonviolent platform, but at some point, the state employs violence to protect the status quo, and then it’s game on.
Obama might unwittingly have proven a help if that is the safety valve, because he has sold the people on the idea that it’s okay (lesson in being careful in what one wishes for, one might get it).