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As an American citizen who listens to talk radio on roadtrips, I've thought that we were headed towards a civil war as early as Obama's presidency. I largely k
by klyrs 4y ago
As an American citizen who listens to talk radio on roadtrips, I've thought that we were headed towards a civil war as early as Obama's presidency. I largely kept that prediction to myself, but it turns out that a lot of Americans feel that way or even want it to happen. My prediction was largely based on the language that radio hosts and call-ins were using to describe their elected leadership and their fellow citizens. It's gotten worse. Elected politicians are openly talking about civil war. Candidates are talking about hunting their opposition. If you think this narrative is being "pushed" you need to expand your sources of information.
- Apocryphon 4y agoAfter 9/11, when mass violence happened on American soil and the cultural atmosphere became one that was paranoid for safety and ready to fight, exacerbated by the divisive War in Iraq, all bets were off. Not to mention 2000 was also the presidential election that would throw all future elections into doubt.
- notch656a 4y agoTo be fair 9/11 was when the government really kicked in its war against the populace in overdrive. TSA, 4th amendment violations, harder to travel across the border, mass expansion of DHS, the patriot act.