Posted on 02/16/2024 6:05:23 AM PST by MtnClimber
There have been murmurs for at least the last ten years about the potential for civil war in the United States. Polls have shown that roughly half the country believes that future conflict is likely. The intrusion of unchecked government power into every crevice of our private lives has transformed politics into a high-stakes cage match in which furious citizens fight to survive. Because government exerts so much control over citizens, winning control of government has become an existential imperative. Such zero-sum thinking has fractured society and pitted Americans against one another.
However, something fundamental has been shifting beneath our feet. If you look at how civil conflict has been discussed on websites and internet forums over recent years, a noticeable trend emerges. Talk of “civil war” between various coalitions of states transformed into calls for “independence” from tyrannical government on par with America’s 1776 founding. In turn, calls for an American-style “revolution” against government abuse have transformed into the kind of rage against a “permanent ruling class” that existed before the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
This shift is significant. “Civil war” connotes a feeling that Americans will be fighting one another. A “1776-style struggle for Independence” reflects a belief that the federal government must be brought to heel. Widespread discussions of how to rid the country of an unaccountable bureaucracy with more allegiance to fellow globalists from the World Economic Forum than to fellow citizens from America’s heartland reveal a growing recognition of and antipathy for an entrenched ruling aristocracy.
Governments don’t mind when citizens quarrel. In fact, that old “divide and conquer” scheme is Washington’s favorite tactic for keeping Americans too busy fighting one another to notice what kind of mischief is going on in D.C. Governments would prefer that citizens not speak about “freedom”
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Ft. Knox is firmly in central Kentucky!!!!!
“Can the red states be able to afford going on their own?”
I think they can. The blue states do not have an overly significant advantage GDP wise. I ran across the following GDP statistics
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States is a significant economic indicator. How the GDP distribution compares between red states and blue states:
Blue States:
These states, which tend to lean Democratic, account for approximately 54% of the U.S. population.
Their collective contribution to the U.S. GDP is about 59%1.
Red States:
These states, which typically lean Republican, represent roughly 46% of the U.S. population.
Their combined share of the U.S. GDP stands at approximately 40%
Still south enough :-)
Weaponizing the law is destroying the law, is violating the fundamental premise of the Republic, is forfeiture of the right to live.
A frighteningly astute observation and analysis. The author must have been channeling Thomas Paine. Yet I still wonder if we’re really headed for 1776.2 or will it be more like Germany 1933?
The author is correct in most of his statements, however I believe he is wrong in thinking that the fight will be defined as citizens against the aristocracy.
Because of the evils of the open borders and the hordes of terrorists, the battle will have three major factions: Citizens against those who would rule us (two factions), and terrorists as the third faction
The result of this combination will mean that it will at times be difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
Be that as it may, I do believe that we are on the verge of another 1776. The only way to prevent it is to elect Trump and enough constitutionals to support him.
No, I won't.
To revisit the location of Ft Knox, I now recall that there is a Ft Knox in Maine, but it hasn’t been active since the ‘Late Unpleasantness.’
It was a significant coastal fort covering the approach to Bangor, ME, via the Penobscot River.
But understand, that is not the one you were referring to, anyway.
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