[Joe Brower]

A second American Civil War will be a nightmare. But as a much wiser man than I said once, "War is not the worst of things".

It might bear some geographic similarities to the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s, but the affects on the populace will be much more akin to the pogroms of the French Revolution.

Many decades of social division and its resultant tribal hatreds all but guarantee that. Unfortunately.

Looking at the larger picture, however, I see something else occurring -- if the U.S. falls into disarray and social upheaval, I see countries like China and/or Russia making their move. We're the only thing in their way.

So if the U.S. burns, the world will burn. Perhaps it deserves to.

[Sam Gamgee]

God that is despairing you last comment. But considering the corpses of unborn babies and sodomites running rampant, I think you are right.

Yeah, it couldn’t happen in a vacuum. China will definitely take advantage.

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It might bear some geographic similarities to the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s, but the affects on the populace will be much more akin to the pogroms of the French Revolution.

What would happen if the Spanish Civil War or the French Revolution happened today?

You'd see a blizzard of tweets about Franco's potbelly, receding chin, and hairline, about whether La Passionaria was hot or not and whether she puts out, about whether Lafayette was a groper or gay or what, and about just what the heck Robespierre's problem was.

Nowadays stuff gets talked to death before anything happens. And that's not a bad thing. Troubled times may come, but fighting in the streets and mass executions -- not so much. Of course, that's assuming that the economy and our way of life doesn't completely collapse.