LegitHyperbole said:
Idk, things seem different now. I can see militias forming in the US that'll fight odd battles, obviously there'd be no civil war in the true meaning of it. We've seen a little of that already loosly during the riots and in places like Portland Oregon on a good day there and idk about your governemnt stamping it out, stamp out one side and it only makes them bolder, martyrs them sort of. You'd need a new governemnt which would stamp out both extreme sides equally and that's not gonna happen. More likely under Trump than Harris though. It just seems like things can't keep trucking along like this for ever and as for the UK I can see it separating the same way Northren Ireland did with the army on the street and barbed wired fences through cities and towns with guerilla warfare waged against the other side or South Africa as another example. Although it's a bit more complex than either of those situations with more than two clear sides. Fuck things are a mess. |
People have hated each other for years, America and UK are far more peaceful overall than in the 90s. America has always had nutjob militias, what are they going to do against America? I'll tell you what, it's fiction but watch Fargo Season 5 and that's about how well an American militia fucking with the US Government would go, Imo.
Riots aren't new either and as far as I've seen, governments have always condemned and stamped out riots when they've caused damaged, no matter the cause. But the left in America ain't ever tried to overthrow their own government so I'm not about to say that they're the same, the cause of the George Floyd riots is vastly different than the cause of the Jan 6th insurrection, one was an attempt to overthrow government, another was frustration and anger at the lack accountability and brutal force that American cops often employ which get people killed.
It's not more likely under Trump than Harris, it wasn't long ago Harris was being criticised for being a "cop" and prosecuting people too harshly, Trump straight up egged on and encouraged his base to commit violence, multiple times, including the Jan 6th insurrection. If it weren't for him spreading conspiracy theory nonsense, there likely wouldn't have even been an attack on the capitol.
Harris I believe will stamp on riots on both sides equally because she seems like a no nonsense sort of person.
UK is nowhere close to (are you talking about The Troubles?). Nobody in the UK wants that, everyone old enough remembers how awful The Troubles was and the counter-protesters to promote peace to the recent batch of protests angry at immigrants was way bigger in many areas because people do not want violence and are sick and tired of this shit, we who want the country to avoid civil wars far outweigh those desperate for one.
