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JHB

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22. Not all those bots are electronic

Reply to Sogo (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 14, 2024, 12:51 AM

Sep 14

There's always the RW fantasy-land brigade that imagines the military will side with them because of the "rightness" of their cause.

Think of them as Mirror-Universe John Browns: Brown thought his raid on the Harper's Ferry arsenal would spark a slave uprising, but most enslaved people had a more realistic view of how it would play out and kept their heads down.

These goobers also imagine a vast horde of sympathizers, imagine that THEY are the "silent majority", and can't see that if they ever pull the trigger, they'll be squashed like bugs.

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How can a civil war even happen? [View all] Palpatine Sep 13 OP

Maybe when bots pump the idea? Sogo Sep 13 #1

. Iggo Sep 14 #14

Not all those bots are electronic JHB Sep 14 #22

Welcome to DU sarisataka Sep 13 #2

And as for combat casualties, Aristus Sep 13 #3

They would be ok notemason Sep 13 #6

Shhhhhhhhh. Don't give them any ideas. usonian Sep 13 #4

The war is to be conducted entirely on Twitter/X. NameAlreadyTaken Sep 13 #5

There can be an insurrection, but not a civil war iemanja Sep 13 #7

A civil war like the one in 1860-64 wouldn't happen. Ocelot II Sep 13 #8

That's pretty much how I see it, too. wnylib Sep 14 #13

Is there any Palpatine Sep 13 #9

How do you figure that would work against the armed forces in this country? iemanja Sep 14 #16

Cool story bro FrankBooth Sep 14 #10

It'll be more of what we have now - stochastic terrorism. Intractable Sep 14 #11

It can't Fiendish Thingy Sep 14 #12

I suspect it would basically be right wing terror cells vs the Homeland Security. Gore1FL Sep 14 #15

Civil War would be bombings, terrorist groups, mass shootings, boycotts, etc. But limited scale. Silent Type Sep 14 #17

It's a fantasy... can't happen. WarGamer Sep 14 #18

I see a civil war as more likely if Trump wins RidinWithHarris Sep 14 #19

Just let the gravy seals come after us in the urban areas. We defend the upper floors, disable the elevators and brewens Sep 14 #20

Yeah, it will be fought by guys like this Wednesdays Sep 14 #21

To answer the OP, you seem to think of civil war wnylib Sep 14 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib Sep 14 #24

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