There will be no civil war over Trump. Here’s why | Robert Reich
www.theguardian.com
Nations go to war over the ideologies, religions, racism, social classes or economic policies. Trump represents nothing other than his own grievance

Nations go to war over the ideologies, religions, racism, social classes or economic policies. Trump represents nothing other than his own grievance

  • Drusas@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    We are much more likely to experience something like The Troubles than to have an outright civil war. Bombings, shootings, attacks on infrastructure.

    • Gargleblaster@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      The Troubles are now a century old. They are about religion and imperialism, not one guy who with a crappy spray-tan.

      There may be all of the different kinds of violence you mentioned.

      I have encountered a few bugaloos here and there, and this is what I tell them:

      1. Don’t call yourself patriots because patriots don’t take up arms against their own country.
      2. I hope you want stricter gun control because you yahoos taking up arms against your country is going to make that a very popular choice after you start shooting your own countrymen.
      3. I hope you like ketchup because the military is going to turn you into a fine red paste.

      It won’t take them very long to realize what the rest of us know: that they are not a majority of Americans.
      That kind of instability is going to make rich people lose money from other countries investing in countries that don’t have a bunch of asshats trying to have a civil war, and THAT is when every resource available to the state will brought to bear on this problematic uprising.