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Like neighbor fighting neighbor? I doubt it. The boundaries are less clear and the red states are either on the federal dole or are suppressing the votes of the big blue cities that support their economies.
Who's going to secede? Texas is the only state who might even have a shot at surviving, and as soon as it exterminated or ghettoized Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, its economy would collapse.
I do think we're in for conflict, but my guess it'll mostly be more economic and political as opposed to military.
The religious\Gilead angle is intriguing, I guess, but Atwood had to invent a fertility problem to make that work even as fiction, and really, what we're seeing is probably the last hurrah for the agrarian/Jeffersonian types.
Who's going to secede? Texas is the only state who might even have a shot at surviving, and as soon as it exterminated or ghettoized Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, its economy would collapse.
I do think we're in for conflict, but my guess it'll mostly be more economic and political as opposed to military.
The religious\Gilead angle is intriguing, I guess, but Atwood had to invent a fertility problem to make that work even as fiction, and really, what we're seeing is probably the last hurrah for the agrarian/Jeffersonian types.
llloydfred · 56-60, M
@llloydfred Absolutely another civil war is on the rise. Every thing in the Usa is hand ready for it. Liberlism, Smoke Legal Weed, (Federal Government Scientific Max Strength), Inflation, Republican, Democrat, Socialism, Open Boarder, Gun control, religion and the list goes on. Pressure is building. Another Civil War will have an idea named "Progress".
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Theyitis · 36-40, M
I read something a few months ago that made me think a Civil War was a very strong possibility. Yes, it’s coming back to me now. Countries that have insurgencies (the modern equivalent of civil wars) all have two factors in common: 1. A major political party that is built not around an ideology but around an ethnic group. The article identified the Republican Party as fulfilling this requirement as it is increasingly becoming a party that serves the interests of white nationalists. 2.They are countries that are either totalitarian but opening up to democracy or democracies that are sliding back towards totalitarianism.
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Theyitis · 36-40, M
@ElwoodBlues You’ve got a point, that the red states are unlikely to secede; however, secession is not necessary for a civil war. We may have uncoordinated insurgencies simply over election results or perceived government overreach that might amount to civil war.
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justanothername · 51-55, M
War in any form doesn’t benefit anyone. There are never any winners. Only narcissistic dictators with personal agendas.
Open discussion solves more problems than violence ever did.
Open discussion solves more problems than violence ever did.
scrood · 31-35
Though who say it's impossible are the type to run from the trenches and leave you on your own
checkoutanytime · M
This civil war, may literally be civil, possibly even cyber 😳
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Obviously this is war
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
Nah...
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