Rhett Butler : I mean, Mr. Hamilton, there's not a cannon factory in the whole South.
Man : What difference does that make, sir, to a gentleman?
Rhett Butler : I'm afraid it's going to make a great deal of difference to a great many gentlemen, sir.
Posted on 09/23/2020 3:30:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
The thought of Civil War has been in the minds of many people lately, on both sides of the political and cultural divide. This is not a thing to be wished for, though no one should kid themselves into believing it’s impossible either. Let us take a sober look at what such a conflict might entail.
To begin with, it would not look like the first American Civil War, which was essentially a war between two regions of the country with different economic interests. The divide created two separate countries, both initially contiguous, intact, and relatively homogeneous. The lines of demarcation now are only somewhat regional, and tend to correspond to differences between urban and rural populations, as well as differences of race and class. A second American Civil War would be much more similar to the Spanish Civil War, with the leftists dominating the cities and conservatives controlling the countryside. Conflicts of this nature, with enemies mixed geographically, are a formula for spontaneous mass bloodletting. India-Pakistan during the 1947 partition comes to mind as another modern example. Given an absence of legitimate government and the friction of proximity, ordinary people can be moved to settle grievances by killing one another without the need for governments to egg them on.
Some dimensions of a future civil war would be, I think, largely unprecedented. When lesser countries have imploded in violence in recent times, they have done so with most of the world around them still intact. There were other nations to offer aid, assistance and intervention, welcome or unwelcome. There were places for refugees to go. The collapse of the world’s remaining superpower would take much of the world down with it. A global economic crisis would be inevitable.
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Urban centers don’t need to be assaulted. Just closed off and put under siege.
Soy boys and spoiled white girls would surrender and flee once food started getting scarce.
Only the tougher and strongest would remain. As long as you don’t let them out, or anything in, you won’t have anything to worry about.
So what? It would not be my problem. A sectarian problem in a country that I am not part of post secession. It would be interesting news story to follow.
That friggin’ book!!!!
I sometimes wish I had never read it, other times I think God he showed it to me.
Changed my life forever...
So what happens to the soy boys and and spoiled white girls when they come out? Prison? Shot on sight?
Don’t shoot anyone over 40???
Purple hair and nose rings are targets?
People wearing black?
So show a few of them. I don't think any "numbers" exist that measure what you purport. I'm reasonably astute at looking stuff up, but for this one I don't even have a clue as to what search terms might yield data. You're making the claim..support it with data.
Hi.
Lets not have CWII and just say we did.
If there is another “civil” war, it will make the Revolution and CWI look like a walk in the park on a warm spring day.
5.56mm
It does.......
metmom :" Keep prepping time.
We have all seen the recent instances of rioting, looting, and arson in certain areas of the USA.
Also, we have seen instances of armed home invasions by feral urban youths many of whom are unemployed
and yet they feel "entitled" to other people's property or home goods.
Most recently, we have observed organized urban crime , most recently exposed by the forces of AntiFa who have a designed organizational structure of command and control, explosives, communications, mobility and flexibility providing evasion and escape.
FROM A READER: A LOOK AT ANTIFA’S FIELD ORGANIZATION
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3874816/posts
County officials have even encouraged these civil disruptions as evidence of their liberal tolerances.
These violent instances have generally occurred where police are overwhelmed, under-funded, and where County prosecutors have declined to hold criminal offenders accountable or responsible.
Police are not prepared to handle such large scale criminal activities,
and are even less likely to take any action if County prosecutors are practicing "Catch and Release".
These instances of criminal behavior are not haphazard; they are planned and involve other criminal transients from other States and cities.
While the demonstrations are alleged to be racially motivated, the actions taken by the demonstrators defy this arguement as all commercial businesses are at risk.
For lack of a better term, these actions are civil asymmetrical warfare which is anticipated and organized.
Prepare accordingly to protect your family, your home, and your property.
"Prepare for the worst,.. and hope for the best. "
"If you can't protect it,.. you don't own it "
I think of it more as conquering globalists runbing the wounds of perceived aggrieved minorities raw, so as to incite them to do the dirty work until the population is open to tyranny in exchange for expected, but short lived, security and stability.
It is looking like it may have been 2016.
I become more convinced of this every day. Heck, might have been 1996.
They agitate the aggrieved until they create chaos and, at max chaos, the REAL revolution begins.
Yep. Some of the world governance speeches at the UN yesterday were scary.
Depends on available resources.
Try annual deer hunting licenses by state...then votes recorded last election
...given you enough clues to get you started, if you can’t figure out the rest, you’re not worth further effort.
Adios
Rhett Butler : I mean, Mr. Hamilton, there's not a cannon factory in the whole South.
Man : What difference does that make, sir, to a gentleman?
Rhett Butler : I'm afraid it's going to make a great deal of difference to a great many gentlemen, sir.
I think Arkansas got a little ugly in the 1860’s.
Which tells you NOT ONE DAMNED THING. There is no direct connection between those two variables. THE BEST you can get is that some folks who vote liberal also hunt....WOW! And the real likelihood is that those select liberals who also hunt will be on the "lean conservative" side and LEAST likely to support the far left.
We have more Veterans and guns. So we might have an initial advantage. How well, we organize will determine our chance of survival let alone victory in such a nightmarish scenario. I am pretty certain the left is more organized and brazen. Currently, it seems like they are testing the perimeter and seeing where they can first attack.
But there are as many of them as us, and they hate us so much that they learn to kill us in a war. As the war goes on, they will become harden and merciless fighters. Both sides will.
If it comes—it will be a lot like the last one—with states picking sides and having at it. Blue states follow Democratic Party Coup, Red States follow Trump—It will be Pacific Coast & New England vs. The South and Midwest. Military would shatter. Blue states get help from China, Cuba and North Korea, Red States from Russia and UK. Lots of folks die, cities burned and bombed, Only China wins.
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