I keep hearing this, but the fact is, people are too caught up in trying to survive day to day, paying mortgage, keeping their car running, paying bills in general, etc. that to do anything but would just be way too much sacrifice. That, and American Idol is on...why jeopardize it all? That is the kind of thinking that has led us to this point, at least.
CWII Spark
I keep hearing this, but the fact is, people are too caught up in trying to survive day to day, paying mortgage, keeping their car running, paying bills in general, etc. that to do anything but would just be way too much sacrifice. That, and American Idol is on...why jeopardize it all? That is the kind of thinking that has led us to this point, at least.
I agree with you, which is why I value these ‘alerts’ even more. The foundations of a Civil War here in America have been carefully laid down over the decades since World War II. Today there are numerous, perhaps too numerous things to list or enumerate that could spark such a conflict.
But that doesn’t mean that they aren’t there. As for myself I firmly believe that if any such ‘Civil War’ were to occur it would not be one as simple as the war against the states of the 1860’s. No... today such a conflict would most appear to an outside observer as simple anarchy at first. A total free-for-all probably based in the search for food, but who knows that for sure?
The triggers for such a conflict as far as I am concern will fully rest upon the removal of one or more of the ‘legs’ that our civil society stands upon right now. They are:
A: Plentiful food.
B: Electricity for our highly electrified lifestyle including and especially the means of entertainment. TV, Video Games, Computers, the Internet, etc.
C: Loss of Freedom of Movement, especially to search out ‘A & B’
D: Gun Confiscation, You could still have ‘A, B & C’ but take away the personal right to own and bear arms for defense of yourself, family and loved ones, and you guarantee the loss of ‘A,B & C’.
Everything else in our society, can and is being chipped away at slowly but surely much like a piece of sandstone is washed away by running water. We are all suffering ‘Normalcy Bias’ in our daily lives. But take away any of these four Legs and we will collapse in Civil War in three days or less.
“I keep hearing this, but the fact is, people are too caught up in trying to survive day to day, paying mortgage, keeping their car running, paying bills in general, etc. that to do anything but would just be way too much sacrifice.”
They are for now. When food or services are unavailable things will change.