[Farcesensitive]

“There are only two circumstances where the military will come out to the barracks to take over. One is nuclear war, and the other is civil war.”

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We are already in a civil war.

[Publius]

I'm talking about a situation where there is total anarchy and breakdown of civil society. When you see night riding militias battling with no attempt to curtail them by usual law enforcement, then you have the kind of civil war to which the EO refers.

Right now we're in a pre-civil war condition. When you and your neighbors set up fully manned defensive perimeters, then you have a real civil war.