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I'm pretty much a leftist but not supportive of either party.... but as I see the divides between liberals and conservatives (of which I'm neither) ... are (acc
by gremlinsinc 5y ago
I'm pretty much a leftist but not supportive of either party.... but as I see the divides between liberals and conservatives (of which I'm neither) ... are (according to some news outlets) already starting a 'cold' civil war.
If there really is a cold civil war, seems this might be to me a way for someone to at least gain the upperhand and put the military force behind one side or another...
as fractured as D.C. is...and w/ elections coming up, and 2024 up in the air... I can't even tell which side would be in charge of the nation + military.
I can see civil wars though coming from many angles:
The current divide/conquer tactics creating polarization (check), and then it's just us vs them...(lib/cons)...
Or it could be the labor class vs the elites. Because times are going to get rougher. We've got depression/stress rampant. Homelessness is rising. Wages are stagnant or were, maybe rising now because of actual labor rising up a bit... but still rent/housing is skyrocketing to the point they need to rise up in the first place...
Unfortunately most people don't have any class consciousness, so it'll probably be the first one... I wish it were the second one...or the fabled "poor eating the rich scenario" ... but might be 20 more years till we get there..
3rd option is governors and congress maybe decide to do a do-over and hold a constitutional congress and maybe re-organize more loosely like the EU as smaller city states. This would be a dream to me but hopefully we could organize into smaller states maybe where there's like 100 or even 500 autonomous cities that self-govern and maybe have some 10 year meeting of all governors to re-ratify the constitution, and add any changes, etc.
A small fed govt would still exist for foreign affairs, and interstate agency management. Military would be a coalition force from all the city-states. People who live in really rural places might even live completely outside of a 'country' so to speak, if it's unincorporated, but would still have the rights as if they were in one.. like access to fire department and emergency services etc...
to get the best scenarios...requires level heads and cooperation from decent politicians who have our best interests at heart.... so, we're f*ked.