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PBC_Democrat

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34. I'm afraid that we are getting close to a second civil war
Fri Jan 31, 2020, 08:04 AM
Jan 2020

There is a fantastic podcast called "It Could Happen Here". It is incredibly well researched and produced.

It covers the issue of what happens to states, cities, neighborhoods, and how individuals react.

A little scary, but certainly worth listening to.

Shake hands, tell them all is forgiven, let them destroy us again next century FiveGoodMen Jan 2020 #1
It only took them 155 years Zolorp Jan 2020 #3
I think we need to bdamomma Jan 2020 #2
But, as many have said, the vote will be rigged dumbcat Jan 2020 #5
So bdamomma Jan 2020 #10
Without the rule of law any longer valud, they died in vain Moostache Jan 2020 #29
WSell if we don't win, what do we do? If we do, do you really think tRump will just accept the KPN Jan 2020 #30
So we are going bdamomma Jan 2020 #37
I might be wrong as it is only my opinion Doreen Jan 2020 #4
I think that's also what the Founders intended dumbcat Jan 2020 #6
Perhaps all of it. Doreen Jan 2020 #23
You make it sound like the bible! not_the_one Jan 2020 #44
I agree. Doreen Jan 2020 #46
No one will win that. n/t NCLefty Jan 2020 #7
We already won randr Jan 2020 #8
I don't think the first one ever ended. djg21 Jan 2020 #18
You think a modern civil war is winnable????? Blue_true Jan 2020 #9
I disagree in part. EndlessWire Jan 2020 #12
Ive been thinking about this a lot Squidly Jan 2020 #15
Trumplandia may launch an attack on the real USA, but that will be Blue_true Jan 2020 #17
I would vote for the north Squidly Jan 2020 #20
It should be east and west, then each get a tropical part of the current country. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #21
if there is another civil war.... quickesst Jan 2020 #11
That is why the concept of a civil war is so silly. Blue_true Feb 2020 #55
Well it's what the right is thinking durablend Feb 2020 #61
The fire back part is key. Those pinheads don't realize that a civil war won't be a shooting Blue_true Feb 2020 #62
I agree quickesst Feb 2020 #63
A few questions before building our brave new world sarisataka Jan 2020 #13
I think it will be a peaceful dissolution of the union... into 2 or perhaps 3 smaller republics. NurseJackie Jan 2020 #14
they are incapable of peaceul anything rampartc Jan 2020 #33
It won't be "40 acres and a mule"... Raster Jan 2020 #16
It would never happen Midnightwalk Jan 2020 #19
I still remember about a decade ago how funny I thought it was that... WyattKansas Jan 2020 #22
It's not the Civil War, it's the aftermath... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #24
War is *NOT* the answer. Initech Feb 2020 #52
It should be possible to partition the current U.S. peacefully SuprstitionAintthWay Jan 2020 #25
No, it won't. Because no state is completely blue or completely red. scheming daemons Jan 2020 #27
If we split along political/personal ideologies there is a way to split. Blue_true Feb 2020 #56
The country should be split into solid eastern and western halves. Blue_true Feb 2020 #54
Not worth discussing, because there won't be. Except at the ballot box. scheming daemons Jan 2020 #26
One thing is make sure that all the politicians that backed this coup are severely punished. Kablooie Jan 2020 #28
I agree we can't let these politicians get away with this. We can't be soft with these traitors dustyscamp Jan 2020 #31
"We"? The enemy is Commander in Chief. Hekate Jan 2020 #32
I'm not sure what you mean dumbcat Jan 2020 #38
Imagine on the eve of Civil War 1, that the POTUS was a Southern plantation owner & not Abe Lincoln Hekate Jan 2020 #41
You make a good point sarisataka Jan 2020 #45
I believe the military will break up also. Blue_true Feb 2020 #60
I read a comment by a retired two star general. Blue_true Feb 2020 #59
No. The problem are the 63 million Americans that gave that traitor power. Blue_true Feb 2020 #57
I'm afraid that we are getting close to a second civil war PBC_Democrat Jan 2020 #34
Well consdering 2% of the population died in the CWI, I think "WE" better jmg257 Jan 2020 #35
a new country either way scarytomcat Jan 2020 #36
An amicable partitioning, without war, is the only rational solution I can foresee. SuprstitionAintthWay Jan 2020 #40
Never. Do you know the history of the partitioning of India and Pakistan? Best read up on that. Hekate Jan 2020 #42
I do know it. Do you? Fortunately for us the history of Republican SuprstitionAintthWay Jan 2020 #48
Okay, just prepare yourself for the reality that nobody wants to actually move... Hekate Feb 2020 #50
Chechnya, Georgia and Ukraine, sarisataka Jan 2020 #43
If I recall Ukraine and Georgia got away fairly cleanly at first SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #49
I do agree with you, you make great points scarytomcat Feb 2020 #53
Then those of us that survive shift through the rubble fescuerescue Jan 2020 #39
If there is a Civil war II, I am wearing blue, just as I would have in 1861-5. Gore1FL Jan 2020 #47
Civil War can be quick -- November 3. Hoyt Feb 2020 #51
... depending on the "outcome" of the electoral votes. Maybe not so quick. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #58
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