[central_va]

Most of the population of the US resides near the coasts, which happens to coincide with the “blue” population, and is also home to most of the manufacturing and military resources. If the liberal fascists currently running the government really wanted to put the screws to the “red” flyover country, they could do it pretty handily. The absolute last thing they want here is African style civil war, and the goal and ROE of the government would be to crush any opposition by any means necessary. The US can never be allowed to fracture, because if it did, the atrocities and destruction to the western hemisphere would make china, russia, and africa seem trivial by comparison. If the US were to fracture, everything from the arctic circle to panama will be up for grabs, and nobody will be able to escape the destruction.

Poppycock. What you are saying is maintain the status quo, go into the night quietly. Screw that.

[factoryrat]

Oh, the red country will definitely not go quietly into the night. Depending on how much damage occurs initially, we are either balkanized, and devolve into tribal feudal regimes, or we become a nation like china, or the soviet union, through overwhelming force. This scenario has played out through history time and time again, and it has always ended up in darkness and ruin. And by human nature, we’re no different.