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In reply to the discussion: The next civil war is coming. It is almost inevitable. [View all]gordianot
(15,243 posts)118. I tend to think of climate change and resources as economic. You do make a good point.
There is still tension between Kansas and Missouri after all these years most do not know why.
Your post brings up another possibility; where all of those displaced people going to go? The life of a refugee is hard.
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There will be civil unrest due to food and water shortages as climate change takes hold
Auggie
Feb 2014
#1
Just judging from what's going on in CA with water, we're heading there, probably. n/t
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#2
And, the end of the US. We would just be a third world knuckle dragging place as the
RKP5637
Feb 2014
#128
if ever the should be a flashpoint for a new civil war, a constitutional convention would be it.
unblock
Feb 2014
#152
i'm not expecting "results" from a constitutional convention other than more acrimony
unblock
Feb 2014
#157
All the militias and gun nuts combined and coordinatedwould not last a week...
gordianot
Feb 2014
#9
If there were serious food or water shortages the federal government would not stand a chance.
former9thward
Feb 2014
#91
I've never seen the split between Americans this bad except for the Vietnam War era. IMO, before
AlinPA
Feb 2014
#12
Good point, but it's a "What's The Matter With Kansas" type thing and religious fanaticism.
AlinPA
Feb 2014
#27
I don't know about "civil war"...but we are less politically stable than many think...
First Speaker
Feb 2014
#23
Of the current "militias" in this country, 95% won't leave their mom's basement, and the rest are
chrisa
Feb 2014
#24
there are a lot of very evil people in this country, and it would be foolish to ignore that
stg81
Feb 2014
#36
people can't even bother to get up to vote, you think they will go into war?
La Lioness Priyanka
Feb 2014
#32
For a civil war, you need a split in the military, either by region or by branch
FarCenter
Feb 2014
#37
problems with calling a disciplined force or "Never start a fire that you cannot put out."
RegexReader
Feb 2014
#82
The record of civil disturbances in the US doesn't include grandmothers rebelling
FarCenter
Feb 2014
#88
If there ever was another civil war, it'd be between the haves and have-nots.
Vashta Nerada
Feb 2014
#42
No. The demographics, if nothing else, disallow a Civil war to happen in the U.S. nt
ladjf
Feb 2014
#60
Exactly, the Government would not even have to exert much force and it would be very quiet.
gordianot
Feb 2014
#116
I tend to think of climate change and resources as economic. You do make a good point.
gordianot
Feb 2014
#118
The strife will be personal one against the other, this just invites government to step in.
gordianot
Feb 2014
#120
Pfft! Let the rednecks try it - & the Union Army will go all William Tecumseh Sherman on their asses
Adenoid_Hynkel
Feb 2014
#123