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> Civil wars are fought by armies May I direct your attention to the Cultural Revolution? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution https://en.wikipedi
by donw 6y ago
> Civil wars are fought by armies
May I direct your attention to the Cultural Revolution? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution
The possibility is there.
> The US military is completely unified behind the preservation of the US government.
I agree! But what happens if the question of "Who is the commander-in-chief" becomes unclear?
That is the possibility that's on the table. If there's an absolutely clear victory in the next election and the loser steps down, then we're in way better shape.
Posse Comitatus remains intact, and factional violence is left in the hands of domestic law enforcement (whatever that looks like at the time).
Which is what I'm seriously hoping for.
But if not... once again, I'm amazed to even be considering that possibility, but it's there.
- peacefulhat 6y agoCultural Revolution was not a civil war, and also...how would that possibly happen in America?As for who is the president, they would just defer to SCOTUS like in 2000.
- donw 6y ago> Cultural Revolution was not a civil war That's splitting hairs. Mao's Red Guards -- student revolutionaries and young adults -- effected a drastic shift in power, from a more liberal government to Mao (a strong authoritarian), and something on the order of three million people died as a direct consequence. Moreover, China lost an unbelievable amount of its history, as revolutionaries purged the "Four Olds" (customs, culture, habits, and ideas).
- 082349872349872 6y agoPedantically, it's not splitting hairs when we do (at least did, last century) have an internationally accepted definition of a civil war: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23880237 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23880237