No one thought Venezuela would look like it does now in the 1990’s either.
You are probably right it is just talk but at some point you could get a triggering event, like gun confiscation. So far the right has not fought back other than at the ballot box, jury box and soap box. If the deep state takes away the ballot box by instituting them as having the final say in presidential elections either by fiat or coup that leaves the soap and jury box.
Look at the number of judges who have totally ignored US and state law in regard to clearly legal actions taken by President Trump. They have ignored precedent law or just make it up as they go and it appears to be getting worse. If Trump wins a second term and continues to fill the federal judiciary with conservative Constitutionality strict judges how long before the left decides that federal judge rulings maybe out right ignored? They ignore US code now where immigration is concerned on state and city wide levels with impudence.
The soap box has been under relentless assault for thirty years or more. Political correctness censors, harasses, and gives a green light to physical violence by the left to shut down any attempt by the right to speak freely. Wear a MAGA hat and watch the reaction of the “peace loving” leftist.
That only leaves one box left and so far the right has taken all the abuse and destruction of their Rights by the left. The question is when or if the right will engage the left finally. If we choose to do so and war is forced upon us we must fight with the same brutality, same evil and with finality. With the left there can be no peace without total victory. The Democrats tried this in 1861 and it took total war to stomp out their insurrection and violence. I am afraid it could very well come to this, if-if the right decides to finally join the battle being waged on them.
At that point the right will have only one box left
I’m not sure any political enormity would cause civil unrest here with the conditions as they are now. I can think of maybe 3 things that would possibly cause it: Gun confiscation as you mentioned, failure of entitlement payments, maybe turning the internet/screen entertainment off. It’s hard to imagine the last two happening without the economy catastrophically falling apart beforehand which of course changes the current conditions anyway.
I tend to think the smart global elite move would be to not cause any big waves, just keep the water slowly rising. Just keep everything steadily and slowly sliding down the cultural slope like it has been for the last 100 years or so. Don’t do any one outrageous thing that causes anyone to risk what they have to fight about it now. In 100 years maybe no one will even be able to get off their virtual reality couch much less care about someone confiscating their real life guns.
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