People keep saying this and I personally don’t really believe it, I think there could be a couple riots, but not like a full on civil war. What does everyone think?

  • Zier@fedia.io
    161·
    14 days ago

    Could it happen? Yes. There is a lot of anger in America. Will it happen in the near (10-15 years) future? No. Why? Watch any and all of the January 6th 2021 videos of the Capitol Riots. That looked like a bunch of alcoholic, mentally ill tailgate partiers tried to take over a nation. It got out of hand and went very, very bad. The only reason they did as much damage as they did, was because actual law enforcement reinforcements were not called in on time. They are just violent idiots who are old, out of shape, delusional about their abilities, and they did not have an actual plan. Civil war is not the immediate threat we face in the USA, it’s the fascism of christianity from within our government that needs to be destroyed. We need a return back to sanity, back to a secular government.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      14 days ago

      The only reason they did as much damage as they did, was because actual law enforcement reinforcements were not called in on time.

      Let’s be clear about this: law enforcement was minimal to begin with, and reinforcements were deliberately refused, because the people in charge of them were trying to help the coup succeed.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
        07·
        13 days ago

        Let’s be realistic. If it had been a coup attempt, they would have brought weapons.

        To suggest that was an attempted coup, when nobody brought any weapons, is ridiculous.

        • Zier@fedia.io
          7·
          13 days ago

          You do know they had guns right? The FBI tracked at least 2 shipments crossing the river by white supremacist groups.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      13 days ago

      Mostly agreed, but this is naive.

      who are old, out of shape, delusional about their abilities

      I’ll spare you all the anecdotes, but I’ve been around these people and most of them are no joke. They’re neither fat nor lazy nor stupid nor untrained. You only see the fat slobs in their Amazon gear because that’s who we like to make fun of.