As I'm sure you've seen close-up with Northern Ireland's troubles, TH, there are many terrible scenarios that stop short of actual civil war. If the present political rhetoric doesn't calm down, I think there will be more distrust, more paranoia, more riots, as RubberSoul mentions. Then may come a catalyst: an unacceptable election or some particularly partisan politician is assasinated. If that happens, whether it's out of revenge or because they see it as a green light, I can imagine the already well-armed far right cranking up the frequency of Waco / Timothy McVeigh type incidents. That will prompt more police/National Guard presence on the streets, which in turn will provoke the "hillbillies with IEDs" that Batlord mentions.
That kind of drip-drip-drip of violence is not something that I would wish on any country because of the way it erodes the quality of life of ordinary people, who are always ensnared in the crossfire. And once that level of violence and armed response sets in it's v difficult to dismantle, as we have seen in NI; grinding injustices for decades leading to 30-years of escalated violence I believe, and whatever they have today, which is probably simmering resentment between one citizen and the next. I don't know the facts because they are so depressing to explore.
Would the situation in the US actually escalate to old-style civil war like the US once experienced? I don't imagine so, and for that reason NATO/ EU would keep their distance from the whole sorry mess I'm sure. Only Putin would be keen to lend a surreptitious hand, and I think we can guess which side he'd be rooting for.
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I think these podcasts may be bad for you
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Yeah! If you'll take my advice, Batlord, perhaps you should stick with
Insane Clown Posse instead.
