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So is the US slipping into Civil War? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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People keep talking about "Federalizing the National Guard" and now you've got other States pledging their NG to Texas in defiance of the Supreme Court (see image).

So is this what CW2 looks like?

P.S. I'm a Brit

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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ain't no way this is actually going to happen, any attempt at succession will be put down by the much larger national military. There will be no civil war.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Eh there won't be an organized civil war of large standing armies, but I can definitely see the Redneck militias doing some damage. If it dragged on long enough they could theoretically get organized somehow.
    I really doubt that the politicians in the GOP states want a Civil war though, it is gonna be hard to extract wealth from the poor if the whole system explodes.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If any deep red states try to leave, why not just let them?

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