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I truly think we are headed for a civil war.
Posted on 2/13/17 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 2/13/17 at 8:59 pm
For other reasons, I've been reading up on the details of the lead ups to (among others) the American civil war and the Spanish civil war. The similarities are certainly there in the last few years. If we were to follow the Spanish track in particular, it isn't Trump who presides, it will be the leftist who follows him.
The vitriol on both sides has reached the point where we are seeing major upswings in both the far left and far right. Politics is taking the place of religion in the American consciousness. Violence (right now from the left, could be from the right soon enough) is starting to become commonplace. States are becoming more serious about breaking away. The enforcement of simple national laws are being resisted at the state and local level. Regions are hardening toward fronts. Certain groups who have long been in power are having it stripped from them, and are demanding it back. Neither side cares what the other thinks, at all.
How does a far leftist, what the DNC is pushing to possibly replace trump in 48 years, heal this divide?
I don't think we're going to come back from this until we all get an up close and personal reminder of how awful war is.
The vitriol on both sides has reached the point where we are seeing major upswings in both the far left and far right. Politics is taking the place of religion in the American consciousness. Violence (right now from the left, could be from the right soon enough) is starting to become commonplace. States are becoming more serious about breaking away. The enforcement of simple national laws are being resisted at the state and local level. Regions are hardening toward fronts. Certain groups who have long been in power are having it stripped from them, and are demanding it back. Neither side cares what the other thinks, at all.
How does a far leftist, what the DNC is pushing to possibly replace trump in 48 years, heal this divide?
I don't think we're going to come back from this until we all get an up close and personal reminder of how awful war is.
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Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:00 pm to cokebottleag
Nah, the war will be with Iran or North Korea
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:00 pm to cokebottleag
Yes.
WAR
WAR
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:00 pm to cokebottleag
I swear some of you really want something this terrible to happen
5 topics saying this every day.
If we had a serious civil war our status in the world would never be regained
5 topics saying this every day.
If we had a serious civil war our status in the world would never be regained
This post was edited on 2/13/17 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:01 pm to cokebottleag
How? Those left frickers don't have guns and I don't think they are going to be able to kill me with Twitter and Instagram
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:02 pm to cokebottleag
Y'all have fun with that. I'll be sitting this one out.
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:02 pm to cokebottleag
You realize the red states are utterly dependent financially on the blue ones right?
Oh wait ya'll didn't realize this in 1861, either
Oh wait ya'll didn't realize this in 1861, either
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:04 pm to cokebottleag
Maybe, depends on how the changes take effect. Trump is a very crucial president considering the times. He must do well otherwise everything will devolve into chaos. The left currently provides no real alternative stances besides "you're all racist, you should die". So trump has to please all conservatives, centrist, and some fringe dems.
This post was edited on 2/13/17 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:05 pm to cokebottleag
Until one side (right or left) creates its own militarized fighting force, I don't see any type of "war" taking place.
This post was edited on 2/13/17 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:05 pm to cokebottleag
quote:Meh. This is the like the same phenomen that we've witnessed with crime due to media, and now social media.
For other reasons, I've been reading up on the details of the lead ups to (among others) the American civil war and the Spanish civil war. The similarities are certainly there in the last few years. If we were to follow the Spanish track in particular, it isn't Trump who presides, it will be the leftist who follows him.
The vitriol on both sides has reached the point where we are seeing major upswings in both the far left and far right. Politics is taking the place of religion in the American consciousness. Violence (right now from the left, could be from the right soon enough) is starting to become commonplace. States are becoming more serious about breaking away. The enforcement of simple national laws are being resisted at the state and local level. Regions are hardening toward fronts. Certain groups who have long been in power are having it stripped from them, and are demanding it back. Neither side cares what the other thinks, at all.
How does a far leftist, what the DNC is pushing to possibly replace trump in 48 years, heal this divide?
I don't think we're going to come back from this until we all get an up close and personal reminder of how awful war is.
Violence and conflict is inherently interesting so it's covered disproportionately. And our brains take this this disproportionate coverage, and it becomes the most salient and available information, so we asssume it's far more pervasive than reality.
It's called the Availability Heuristic, and it explains why terrorism is so powerful, and why we think crime had risen over decades when it actually dropped.
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:06 pm to cokebottleag
Let's see, the Lib's who are afraid of guns vs the conservatives who believe in the right to bear arms. I wonder who will win?
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:07 pm to cokebottleag
I got faith the right side would win this one.
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:10 pm to cokebottleag
quote:
the American civil war and the Spanish civil war. The similarities are certainly there in the last few years
Yeah except for the entire fact that in those previous occasions in dem olden flint-lock days, each side didn't even have a standing army and were just States until the strife.
And...that now, US has sorta - the most powerful military on the planet and things called nukes.
So there's that to contend with.
So you would need a defacto coup from some rogue military top brass in some secessionist state to even begin to threaten anything by stealing shite.
And then its not a Civil War it's just a terrorist act.
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:13 pm to cokebottleag
You don't have the stomach for War. You wouldn't last a day in soggy boots, an empty stomach and only your memories of mother to comfort you. Stay home. Observe. Stay alive.
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:14 pm to cokebottleag
I live in Georgia. I'm from Ohio. My wife's family is from Georgia. I don't know a single person who wants to start a war within our country. It's creepy that some of you are almost cheering for it though.
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:15 pm to cokebottleag
lol as if the 9-5 American can be bothered to turn off the bachelor.
There will be no civil war.
There will be no civil war.
This post was edited on 2/13/17 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:15 pm to cokebottleag
They don't have the guns
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:17 pm to cokebottleag
Who's fricking life is so shitty and oppressed that they would put the lives of their wife and children at risk in a civil war? What's the issue are you wrestling with cokebottlebag that you would put everything at risk for?
This post was edited on 2/13/17 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:34 pm to cokebottleag
Goods news is I'm now in Texas
Posted on 2/13/17 at 9:36 pm to cokebottleag
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I truly think we are headed for a civil war
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