My grandfather fought in a real civil war and then got his education when the rebels he fought with were just as corrupt as the ones that were hung, shot or burned to death.
We talked about a "civil war" in the 1960's when there was National Guards deployed in over 20 universities, cities were being burned every summer and a presidential candidate was murdered and MLK was shot down like a dog.
He sat me down after I heard him chuckle when the the television said something about a "civil war" in the United States. He basically said..."for a man to take up a weapon and kill another man, his life or the life of his family must be in danger. Americans are too fat to kill each other yet. There is still food on the table and not enough anger or fear in the street."
He told me about riding along a railroad track and seeing men hung by the neck off of the telegraph poles for miles along the track. He said that neighbor killed neighbor and even relatives murdered each other for food or out of fear and it was the most horrible thing any person could live through.
We all may joke about a civil war but I can guarantee that most of us will not like the actual event. It's not going to be like "Call of Duty" or some video game...you don't get to respawn after 30 seconds and your wife and children aren't going to be burned or murdered then come back after you reboot the game. It would be horrible. Americans are real good at killing.....just ask any country that underestimated our ferocity and savagery we show in war.
“He sat me down after I heard him chuckle when the the television said something about a “civil war” in the United States. He basically said...”for a man to take up a weapon and kill another man, his life or the life of his family must be in danger. Americans are too fat to kill each other yet. There is still food on the table and not enough anger or fear in the street.
Also the poorest are actually the fattest in 2018 USA. It has never happened before in all of human history. It is hard for me to imagine sustained civil unrest occurring with these conditions persisting. On the other hand maybe there is a first time for everything.
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