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Whiskeytide

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6. The disparity between the actual military and any armed and organized ...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 02:45 PM

Sep 2025

… civilian resistance makes an actual shooting civil war obsolete. It would be literally a bloodbath, and would be over before it started. They have far greater intelligence resources, support capabilities and weaponry. We are no longer two sides armed with muskets, swords and bayonets fighting over a hill. Drones controlled by AI would do the bulk of the damage, and “we” don’t really have any.

We would do well not to romanticize a civil war.

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Kinzinger: Civil War? The REALITY You NEED to Understand [View all] bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 OP

That sure puts it into perspective. StarryNite Sep 2025 #1

I think a "civil war" if it happens, will be more mundane and random progressoid Sep 2025 #2

It would resemble the "Troubles" of Northern Ireland. Elessar Zappa Sep 2025 #3

MAGA road rage for sure durablend Sep 2025 #7

MAGA conservatives thinking they could win a civil war need to ask themselves one question. Efilroft Sul Sep 2025 #4

This reminds me of conversations I've had with others. DV1 Sep 2025 #5

The disparity between the actual military and any armed and organized ... Whiskeytide Sep 2025 #6

But what if the right wing elements combine? bucolic_frolic Sep 2025 #8

That's because the right is not afraid of us. hadEnuf Sep 2025 #9

I don't think we will have that option when he comes for Dems with police for being terrorists. lark Sep 2025 #10

I have a lot of respect for Adam Kinziger. Very clear presentation. erronis Sep 2025 #11

I recall that many years ago, Civil War 2.0 was "wargamed"... keep_left Sep 2025 #12