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KingCharlemagne

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14. I would not say it has risen to the level of 'civil war' just yet. It reminds me more

Reply to jillan (Reply #10)

Sat Nov 29, 2014, 12:40 AM

Nov 2014

of 'Bleeding Kansas' of the 1850s, where positions are hardening and the possibilities for democratic compromise are narrowing but where we have not yet crossed that particular Rubicon.

Your words are sobering, though, and definitely food for thought.

The rest of the world must take us seriously because we are a nuclear power in decline and thus exceedingly dangerous to the future of the planet and homo sapiens.

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