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Not wrong, but don't forget there are many militias with itchy trigger fingers all over the political spectrum here, though admittedly some parties have more af
by 0xEF 9mo ago
Not wrong, but don't forget there are many militias with itchy trigger fingers all over the political spectrum here, though admittedly some parties have more affiliated with them than others. It's not a stretch to assume should fighting in the streets escalate beyond ICE shenanigans that larger armies would not quickly congeal from the pocket groups and individuals.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago> there are many militias with itchy trigger fingers all over the political spectrum here That’s still not a civil war in the conventional sense. If it gets entrenched and coördinated it could be come something we’ll debate, e.g. the Troubles. But insurgency != civil war.
- btbuildem 9mo agoThe devil lives in the fine print, always.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago> devil lives in the fine print Sometimes yes. Sometimes no. Civil wars are large-scale mobilizations. That’s what makes them uniquely destructive. Insurgencies are also destructive, but in a categorically-different way.
- ActorNightly 9mo agoGenerally, if you yourself aren't willing to pick up a gun and start fighting, chances are, the vast majority of the people aren't either.
- 0xEF 9mo agoI am, under the right circumstance. I'm not a pacificist, at least not historically. Although, we can banter all day with tough words, but the reality is that none of us can really predict how we will react to a situation until we are in it.
- ActorNightly 9mo ago>I am, under the right circumstance. Right, and so are a lot of people. My point is that we still have a long way to go before that sentiment sets in.