What Would a Second US Civil War Really Look Like?

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[@aravel5249]

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” ― George Carlin

[@CortexNewsService]

And they don't even have to be that large. The grand total of active fighters in the troubles was 3,000, both sides combined, out of a population of 1.5 million.

[@themollerz]

See Jan 6

[@TheBaconStrip]

​@@themollerzyou can say that again! Just because trump couldn't loose like a normal human being. No, he had to be a baby about it.

[@dedgzus6808]

@@themollerz See Jan 6th trials.

[@jayr7890]

​@@themollerzor literally any group of leftists

[@micktrzero8401]

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. -Abraham Lincoln

[@JP-ho6zc]

So how many times did you VOTE?? 😂😂

[@rogerwhite95]

We are seeing exactly this happen, increasingly, the past few years.

[@Ninjadaddy777]

​@@JP-ho6zc Keep telling yourself that's gonna matter. We all vote. Doesn't mean they get counted, or even matter. You're OBVIOUSLY blind to reality. You must have missed the last election...😂🤣😂

[@iliya3110]

@@JP-ho6zcit’s not a function of voting

[@danielm5161]

An American civil war would be a riot of people yelling at the clouds.

[@CatholicWeeb]

"War doesn't decide who's right, only who's left." - Anais, The Amazing World of Gumball

[@dagoodguy1238]

The real quote is from Bertrand Russell I believe

[@jimjones9239]

Only who is dead and who lives.

[@gettinjiggywitit5332]

At the battle of Antietam when soldiers ran out of ammo they picked up rocks and killed the enemy with them.The hate was real.

[@FrankHaul]

Sharpsburg.

[@babagalacticus]

more like early stage "manufactured consent".

[@jackashmore]

I find it hilarious that in the movie half the states didn’t even participate which honestly seems pretty accurate.

[@ronyolo8419]

I’m in Missouri we’re not doing shit lol.

[@jasonswitzer1748]

Where’s Michigan? They couldn’t be bothered to put us in an infographic?

[@GenericJeebus]

@@ronyolo8419 Hey same brother lol I feel like if anything half of us would hide out in the ozarks and the other half would just keep going to work since a civil war might mean less traffic on I-49 or something

[@saphironkindris]

I'd imagine that to still be the case, certain Areas like Wyoming are just... not really relevant? I don't think either side would be looking to burn down America's farmlands scorched earth style. Nobody is really going to want to march through Nevada. etc.

[@jonschreiners5006]

Texas and California formed an alliance for the “Western Forces” and that seems like the most ridiculous part.

[@GotHoai]

Americans just don't realize how comfortable we are .Things may not be the best but a war in our own backyards will make things way worse, Millions will die either though violence or hunger and our lives will never be the same

[@occamraiser]

yep - that's what wars do.

[@daltonking6956]

I think that's the point, both sides wants their lives to change drastically, it's just a difference in how, and in the end nobody is going to get what they want.

[@ghostedyoutuber263]

Indeed, 1rst world problems.... are not problems. Based on obesity numbers, there will be no war. All of the combatants would die of heart attack and obesity before they could actually engage in combat... not to mention lack of metformin for their diabetes.

[@GusOfTheDorks]

Man, its almost like sometimes people are willing to sacrafice comfort in the name of whats right. Who woulda guessed?

[@jackashmore]

I think in the end the majority of Americans won’t ever do anything, small group would probs pop up but that will be squashed quick and quietly.

[@WhiskeyDale]

the stockpiling of ammo has been going on since 2008

[@wayn875]

At the 1st cheat

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

@@wayn875 since 1980, the first fascist

[@user-fj8wr8jh4e]

@@JohnSmith-rw8uh Carter guy huh?

[@MarcusBP]

@@JohnSmith-rw8uh Carter was president in 1980! If you mean Reagan, at least get the years right. And as a lefty, you think anyone is a fascist if they don't agree with you. Reagan was the opposite of a fascist.

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

@@MarcusBP Ah your bs yank political spectrum comes out... Reagan got elected in 1980 didnt he? Hes the one who began the ruination the republican party, taking it far right, aligning it with religious freaks and gun nuts. you lot have a weird way of thinking. fascism is a far right wing political ideology.

[@Jason1717171717]

I can tell you with absolute certainty that 95%+ of people who think they will do something - will do absolutely nothing when the rubber meets the road.

[@user-xv4up6oo3p]

Yep,large mouths, little brains,no testicles.... agreed 💯

[@charlesw6199]

The greater threat is if the military fractures as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has expressed concern could happen. We have Ohio class boomers out there that can lay waste to entire cities. It only takes one rogue commander.

[@corbinhbucknerjr558]

Ok, 95%. That leaves 5%. 5% of 350 million is 17,500,000.

[@charlesw6199]

I wonder what that figure is realistically and also what that figure was during the first Civil War and the American Revolution? People are too comfortable now. Our taxes were lower under King George than they are now and....crickets....

[@user-xv4up6oo3p]

@@corbinhbucknerjr558 Little minds... Big mouths... No Balls.... Any arguments ?

[@tjofrasse]

Let's not forget that a weak USA could be in the interest of several other nations. Violent extremists could be supported and encouraged by foreign powers.

[@shinkicker404]

yeah, with the way the world is going atm... would be great if you guys weren't turning on each other. Thanks media.

[@strongmermaid4651]

Open boarders

[@ASNS117Zero]

This is 100% going on, on both sides of the argument. Probably by the same foreign powers toward both sides, honestly. A lot of the stuff that's getting Americans at each others throats is just... frankly petty bullshit. It's the kind of arguing children get into.

[@NecroAsphyxia]

Like, how many foreign powers do you think are behind the Antifa/BLM/whatever the flavor of the month riots?

[@watermenjohn4574]

You spelled CIA wrong 😂

[@jordanjay1479]

The Revolutionary War was technically the first Civil War. There were a huge amount of Loyalists that fought.

[@kambhamra2324]

Thanks I've been saying this.

[@terryjross]

Sure…blame Canada 😅 If Americans lost that war…they’d be Canadians.

[@KieraMeow]

@@terryjross What..?

[@niceguyniko]

LOL wat

[@EthanRom]

Same thought. I never understood how it was a revolution when the Americans themselves were basically immigrants from the UK. Most Revolutionary Wars across the globe are usually natives or original inhabitants fighting off a colonizer or outside threat

[@flpanhead]

Mr. Smartypants: "America is too sophisticated to have a civil war." America: "hold my beer."

[@nicolasolton]

Why hold your beer? Why not milk, tea, or cola?

[@LAkadian]

Popular memes are not clever and do not contribute anything, and don't deserve upvotes.

[@n7warhound885]

@@LAkadian you must be Drowning In females

[@adamschrader328]

@@LAkadian Some are very clever.

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@adamschrader328 No they aren't. Maybe if you're a chantard sure but there's a reason why many respected political thinkers and philosophers don't just parrot formats that were already established and popularized.

[@Malama_Ki]

If the rule of law isn’t enforced then this is totally possible.

[@martinl9687]

If the law is not enforced equally, this is inevitable.

[@nslsa66]

And even more inevitable if people believe everything the bias media feeds them.

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

When lady justice has her sword dulled, and her scales thrown away, her dress torn, and her blindfold made into a gag, then the only justice is people tking that in theor own hands, and excercising it in a brutal way. Hey, we are there now

[@Mr.Canuck]

Given events its not a possibility but a guarantee. Nov is going to be....interesting.

[@armelburgess8651]

@@martinl9687 Right. Hold the democrats accountable.

[@Isurusish]

A British man just told them not to stockpile ammunition. They're all running out to buy more right now

[@firefly9838]

What?😏 noooooo.... we would never stockpile.... never ever....

[@kennethblachlyjr3040]

It's absurd for any European to lecture us Americans about guns and I watch this with a grain of salt because Simon is obviously a leftist with TDS. He put his passive aggressive viewpoints throughout his videos. He could be very influential to weak minded people

[@jeremyfleshman3865]

You're speaking crazy thoughts, there's no longer any private stockpiles in America. We all lost our supplies in the fire and when the boat sunk....

[@kennethblachlyjr3040]

@@jeremyfleshman3865 totally man. I lost mine in a Puget Sound boating accident. I only have fishing poles

[@user-tr5le4uv3j]

Hahaha 👍 never stopped

[@n7warhound885]

4min since the video went up and I’m already seeing Articles by experts on a 23+ minute video

[@UnknownUser-fe5zu]

KZbin comments 😂

[@jasonhubsmith]

Hoping to see this logical comment lol - wild

[@ibrahimchowdhury9779]

yt comments in a nutshell 😂

[@RAS_Squints]

"I have a degree from the university of Reddit so I know what I am talking about"

[@dx-ek4vr]

We are not beating the “dead internet” allegations

[@guitarbo1]

It would be everybody walking around just staring at their phones

[@pierreplourde]

You had me agreeing until the part about gun ownership; rather than being a bad thing that would exacerbate the conflict, the high levels of gun ownership are a good thing: people are more equipped and prepared to defend themselves and their loved ones, and since both sides have equal access to force and weapons, neither side is incentivized to attack an apparently defenceless enemy, but rather is deterred from doing so. That being said, I think Morris and Simon are right that the model for a second US civil war is La Violencia in Columbia. It is the closest model we have to the current state of polarization and mistrust.

[@sardonicsisyphus]

yeah, the fat rednecks who can't pass a physical but own 700 guns are extremely capable of defending themselves... but run a short distance that will be out of the question

[@PeruvianPotato]

Lmao no, if you have more guns than countries that are literally in civil wars, yeah don't be surprised if you become a statistic yourself

[@Warsie]

It's easier for a small group of armed people to hit a soft target though at first (before there are armed patrols around churches and queer clubs, for example). So the poit of that quote was "it's easier to get a spread of violence" before the other side builds their stuff.

[@pierreplourde]

@@Warsie that’s why you shouldn’t have soft targets.

[@monoglyph]

@@pierreplourde there will always be soft targets, you can't have armed patrols around every single church, school and hospital. And if you did, the country would become a police state.

[@sharonsloan]

I was raised in one of the more peaceful parts of Northern Ireland during the troubles. When you are exposed to news of bombings and shootings daily, it doesn't stop you going somewhere like Belfast or Derry/Londonderry, or on a night out it makes you more vigilant. Bombs could be anywhere so you remained vigilant when out and about. You'll swerve the car to avoid a paper/plastic bag in the road, it could hold a device there to ambush security forces. I remember opening my bag to be security checked before entering shops, that becomes normal. We checked behind/under stock in shops for hidden devices before closing time. There were also things like 'bomb sales' where the shops sold everything for dirt cheap after a bomb went off. Sometimes the glass/smoke smell came out of the clothes/items, and sometimes they didn't.

[@JakeSezz]

I’m currently in grad school and one of my classes is around Social Reconciliation (which will include a 2 weeks trip to Ireland/NI next month) and this is an interesting perspective, in reference to what I’ve read thus far. As an American in his early 40’s, I feel like The Troubles wasn’t as discussed or covered on the news as much. I appreciate your perspective, especially on a topic like this video and from a recent more-West-related conflict.

[@Tmaget]

That is horrifying, and thank you for sharing.

[@drakedoss1975]

Wild

[@Vangluss]

“Sometimes the glass/smoke came out of the clothes/items, and sometimes they didn’t.” Chilling

[@Verita1975]

Same in South Africa in the 80s I remember you could not go to a shopping mall without going through a metal detector .. the Police also came to our school and showed us what a limpet mine was … also didn’t stop us living life ! Oh and all white schools had cadets .. yes we had .22 rifles and were drilled on how to march and shoot …

[@johnkearns6048]

In 1906, Alfred Henry Lewis stated, “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”

[@user-ho4nw5sf3w]

Which is what a civil war will be like.

[@Loki.Lyesmyth]

And all us ignorant farmers and truckers have to do is cut off the food supply and fuel supply and watch the masses feed on themselves. Last time I checked, the liberal hives don’t actually grow their own food, provide their own resources or care about the actually humans who provide their ways of life.

[@myprivatewar]

9 ? 😂😂 fat America will be arming up after 4 😂😂

[@misterwhipple2870]

Yes, in an era with almost no refrigeration nor modern food-processing, everything had to be bought or gathered every single day and prepared every single day. Still, it's equally true today. If the power goes out, kaaaaaa-BOOOOOOM. There is one consolation: all the other countries on Earth are in the same boat. If the Brewskis or the Ch*nks start some sh*t, we can take them with us.

[@johnrajtar9829]

Absolute truth !

[@MikeAnderson-oh9po]

With more than 472 million Americans owning firearms; most of them on the conservative Republican side, I don’t think there’s any question as to the result of a second American civil war. Wisconsin alone issued almost 3 million deer hunting permits in 2023. That’s 3 million snipers. The second amendment to the constitution is the only thing standing between regular Americans and power hungry politicians and corporations.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Additionally, a majority of the production and transport side of things, as well as the majority of gun owners, is conservative. It won't be so much a war, as a curb-stomping. Hopefully, with a better system in place afterward. Rancher and farmers refusing to provide the liberals with food, truckers, rail, and other shippers refusing to deliver stuff. Gas and oil pipelines shut off, power grids shut off, possibly even water sources restricted. Construction and maintenance work abandoned. "You're cut off", backed by overwhelming firepower.

[@sullyway51]

Mike, there is only approximately 335 million Americans. Say 1/3rd of those don't own guns. So, we are looking at around 225 million gun owners with an average of 2 to 3 weapons apiece. There is only maybe 1.5 to 2million Regular army and guard with combat skills combined, navy and air force no. So, 3million snipers alone in Wisconsin plus those from all the other states including still about 3 million able bodied veterans of which most are conservative. It will be up to the navy and air force to keep countries looking for opportunities at bay.

[@billstrasburg384]

Of course there's a question......the Police State backs up the left. Contrary to popular Conservative belief, the police refuse to arrest domestic terrorists like Antifa and BLM, and actively pursue conservative patriots like January 6th people or religious groups or people with Gadsen Flags (the FBI lists this as subversive). In addition to the police, the Deep State Shadow Government is also definitely on the side of the Marxists. The entire legal system falls strongly on the left and in utter violation of Constitutional Principles. So the legal system constantly operates in opposition to The Law. This is why things are so broken. The good news is that the U.S. military and all local Sheriffs' Departments have sworn a duty to The Constitution.......so if they stand by that duty, they will be on the side of America and against the socialists. Nothing can physically beat the U.S. military. It's a big battle because leftists are really great at propaganda and subversion. The Nazis and the CIA and the Soviets and North Koreans excel at Marxist tactics that allow them to destroy a country from within.

[@billstrasburg384]

​@@vladyvhv9579The left has the CIA, the FBI, the ATF, the IRS, all other Deep State and regular government agencies, and all of the local police throughout this country. They will be funded by Soros, the Chinese Communist Party, and massive government resources. We conservatives will inevitably be backed up by the military and possibly the Sheriffs' Departments across the land. Many Sheriffs' Departments prefer to operate like police forces and may stand with the Police State in its attacks upon The Constitution. It would probably be a Hell of a battle, not to be taken lightly. No one should assume any foregone conclusion. There are SO MANY fools who actively work to give away their own rights while attacking the Constitutional Rights of others. Stupid liberals are always talking about undermining the First and Second Amendments. Also, they want to destroy Western Society. Stupid Republicans are always talking about empowering the Police State which is on the other side, and undermining Due Process principles to lock up people without their 8th Amendment guarantee of bail who just keep committing crimes when they are let out. We have principles for a reason. Our country is collapsing because no one cares about The Constitution anymore. The evil overlords can easily get political hacks who don't have any values to denounce critically important Constitutional Principles. Things are bad.

[@just_neon7978]

Here's a question that keeps me up at night. If the United States does fall into extreme violence, who could help us? What nation(s) would even try, considering the size, strength, and capabilities of our military? And all I can think is, no one would. Our country has lost so much international credit in the past decades that i believe most countries wouldn't. Either by political decision or the voice of the people. So who would, or even could, help?

[@Lyricaon]

People in my country joke that there could never be a civil uprising in the USA because there is no US embassy to stage it.

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

Ah yes Bolivia

[@GameFuMaster]

Well, if you have Russian one, then there's always the possibility as well. Or they could label you terrorists and just invade outright lol

[@proudamerican9067]

Unfortunately this is true. Great comment. I hate how our elite politicians stir up crap in other countries.

[@cameronpowell6778]

Destabilizing the eastern hemisphere while dominating the western hemisphere is an effective way to maintain the power gap.

[@stodgycat]

That's ok we have a Russian Embassy they've taken over Civil Wars in West Africa why not here?

[@rammul7801]

If you want to listen to the opinion of a Syrian. My country had a civil war that we still live with its ongoing effects. I know about the Lebanese civil war. They are ugly. They are scary. They never go as expected. They always drag on of years or decades. They end up with failed divided states. Destroyed economy. Counties lose their identity. They are never the same. You lose your memories. Your homes. Your neighborhoods. Your cities. Your enemy is your brother. Your neighbor. Your friend.

[@craiggillett5985]

Thank you for your opinion

[@OverlyGassed]

This needs to be pinned. @Warographics do ya thang.

[@sanityshorror]

As an American, I just want to apologize on behalf of my government constantly intervening in Syria and the middle East in general. I have absolutely no control over my government, they forcefully take my hard earned money (I am self employed and work 12 hour days 6 days), and call it taxation. But the taxation doesn't go to help the every day American, it goes to the war machine. It makes me disgusted that my money has been used against my will to commit atrocious actions and/or "stir the pot" in the way that feeds the military machine... English is my second language, I'm not from here originally. So my perspective is complex and nuanced. Ultimately, I believe the USA Government are the main problem in the world currently. I think things will be better, for the world as well as for Americans, once a revolution happen. I am hopeful to see our constitution and principles reinstated. Maybe it's bias, but I know many non westerns and Europeans would prefer if there must be a global super power... Russia is preferable to the United States. This is not to say Russia is eutopia, not even closer to one. Russia has a much better track record of trying to use treaties and sticking to them unless there other party breaks it, Russia does not intervene to the extent USA does, and Russia does not have white supremacy complex such as USA. This is getting rambling but I pray to God/Allah that there will be one day global peace. I wish we will all stop fighting, and instead sit down to discuss every day things ...it will lead humanity to realize we have much more in common than not

[@Winstonrodney6989]

Your Civil war started because the government was doing horrible things to the people. Our civil war is going to start because people watch too many propaganda KZbin videos about how bad everything in our country is, even though life here is pretty sweet compared to most of the rest of the world. People are bored and spoiled and ready to destroy their country over nothing. They know not what they wish for.

[@ANTHONYWMITCHELL]

Well said sir

[@socal33]

We're already in a cold civil-war.

[@B1gLupu]

Democracy is always a cold civil-war

[@kantetoast]

Keep your eyes open on which „faction“ is promoting this civil-war-thing. I am from Germany, half into the video and just very sensitive to people claiming to be right or others to be wrong. Ah… and here he said the thing with factions in fear of loosing power… whoever starts violence, is out of arguments.

[@sleepyprinny]

As an American myself... I'm not really keen on a civil war.

[@Superbatmanbro]

As a Haitian-American That's lived here for 19 years. I agree ,and think the Civil War would mostly like be held on Twitter by sending mean tweets 😂

[@devotedtodestruction]

Sounds like a good time.

[@TheRealSykx]

​@@devotedtodestruction someday you'll mature

[@devotedtodestruction]

@@TheRealSykx war doesn’t come from a place of immaturity. We need to conserve our ideals and traditions.. not whatever the f*ck America has become. Maybe it’s you that needs to mature.

[@TheRealSykx]

@@devotedtodestruction your words prove my point better than I ever could, thank you.

[@lonner98]

I spent 8 months in Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Fuck war and anyone pulling for it. War ruins everything it touches.

[@Altrag_]

Jesus man, you need to hire somebody to run that soundboard. If you come up in autoplay while I'm asleep you rattle the windows and wake me in a cold sweat!

[@massacmongo995]

The more telling map for you to consider would be a county map showing the 2020 Election . It reflects a country divided into Urban and Rural .

[@letsgobrandon7297]

And all the food, water and gases come from our (conservative) areas. Not to mention leftist mostly live in cities that are easily surrounded and cut off. We have way more firearms and ammo. 85% of ex special forces are conservative. We have more outdoor survival skills.

[@user-qr1lt9yv5j]

You noticed that too huh??

[@ieaatclams]

That's in every single country on the planet. Latin America has conservatives in cities and liberals in the countryside

[@AlexChec]

And even more telling is a map that accounts for vote share and population density. What you get is a sea of purple suburbs with pockets of blue and red and a lot of emptiness in the middle.

[@letsgobrandon7297]

@AlexChec: Dense population is easily surround able and cut off from supplies. All the cities water, food and gases come from us conservatives. That’s only one out of many advantages we hold. The guy who made this video will probably delete this comment cause he’s agaisnt free speech unless you’re a democrat. Idk how people can’t see leftist are against the constitution unless it benefits them. It it were up to them we’d have no firearms or free speech.

[@MarkD-vg4st]

A shaker of salt is one thing. The ability of Washington DC to screw up is beyond debate.

[@Strider91]

Ahhh look, an example in incendiary rhetoric

[@bananatreefee]

Jimmy Buffett never found his lost shaker of salt. RIP

[@Ozarks420]

@@Strider91 If you don't see that our government has a two-tier legal system and a pay for play problem then you are a willing fool or just a plain old fool. Not only is incendiary rhetoric needed, but incendiary actions are too.

[@JP-ho6zc]

Yeah.. Who gave power, consent, legitimacy, 💵 and weapons to those gangsters to be your GODS?? 😂😂😂

[@brandonknight431]

Especially Biden and the worst most corrupt administration in U.S history

[@willcar4174]

commitment starts when the fun stops, and the fun stopped when taxes were invented.

[@Fiedman]

Another thing that scares me about another potential American Civil war is if one side or both sides get their hands on nuclear weapons, they will not hesitate to try to nuke the other side.

[@mickdipiano8768]

I dont agree with. One potential side is anti nuclear weapons and wants the usa to reduce its nuke collection.

[@jonathancarmona212]

The problem with that is they'd hit a lot of there own people. Even in solidly red or blue counties, you might have 25%(plus or minus) of the other side

[@dlbracer56]

"If I can make you believe in absurdity, I can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire

[@jamesnabors3643]

Like genitally mutilating children, whom science proves are 96% likely to be OK with their gender after their brain develops at age 25. And the number who are actually affected, and not indoctrinated, are a miniscule number to begin with.

[@Andy_Babb]

“What if we just inject Lysol” - Trump

[@brandonbullock9436]

"Men can get pregnant, there are 132 genders, abortion at 9 months is fine, crime and inflation are down, the border is secure"

[@jfkst1]

Hence why there is the emphasis on ignoring basic biological truths such as gender and ethnicity.

[@rinalore9416]

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth." *Joseph Goebbels 🤦🏻‍♀️Bad timing, I know.

[@alejobola]

"(...) but, the point isn't that America could reproduce all the horrors of The Troubles just with more cargo shorts and different accents" 🤣🤣 I died with that wry British humor

[@ms.donaldson2533]

Your comment is priceless..... "Americans" were really created in Baltimore. "The troubles with more cargo shorts" ..... while the Key Bridge is blocking the Port of Baltimore I'm a Loyalist in Baltimore, watching as the Patriots are under attack and "Trust and believe" that they should all get down on their knees and pray about "The accident"

[@fredclements6843]

Well I can tell you got most of your information from the liberal media!

[@jonathanj.7549]

There are no winners in a war. Only survivors. We dont want this

[@bonjovi2757]

I don't want to get cancer, be in an auto wreck or have a house fire. But sometimes life has different plans than what we want.

[@BeeptheLesser]

I bought Lancer and have loved all the lore and jump points for story-telling but find it daunting due to the rules. This looks like a great starting point to me!

[@jellyrcw12]

The problem of a modern civil war is that it wouldn't be regional as much, it'd be neighborhood by neighborhood. Similar to a Balkans situation. EDIT: Everyone reading this needs to work on their reading comprehension. I said *similar* to, not exactly like. The main emphasis of this comment is that it would not have clear cut battle lines like the American civil war of the past, instead lines would vary within one state or even change neighborhood by neighborhood. EDIT 2: I will no longer be replying to most comments, only those that demonstrate a modicum of sense.

[@off6848]

I doubt that because most peoples beliefs aren't very solid its mostly group think. A group of hardcore socialists in a conservative town would quickly conform to conservatism because their opinions aren't based on anything but going with the flow

[@Tab1300]

Think more in the lines of bleeding Kansas.

[@767corp]

roflmao are u murican? War on balkans started by serbian goverment taking control over what was yugo army and attacking other countries with all military equipment and supporters they had. what neighborhood warriors are you talking about? Educate yourself before talking out of ur ass

[@Gizziiusa]

disagree, I think it would be more of urban vs rural. The large cities are the bastions of liberalism (which includes withing it the com-mie nutters called the leftists), (Dems) whereas typical rural America is conservative (Repl)

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

would be "town by town" . police wont play that shit

[@dailyqwikbytes]

"Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics."

[@SusCalvin]

I like the field of non-state armed group economy. An IRA man, a taliban, a cuban communist etc who wants to be a full-time fighter for the Cause still needs the basic human needs met. It's like with state armed forces. A lot if not the majority of people are not frontline trigger men. Someone needs to cook for that IS fighter, someone needs to collect the revolutionary tax, someone has to collect and move kit. When you have military control of an area you can start to tax it. Local business, routes, some raw material or what have you. Groups without territoral control like the IRA could still run effectively protection rackets.

[@dailyqwikbytes]

@@SusCalvin Well the overall problem for any US faction, large or small, and the world economy is that the entire world is dependent on Mr and Mrs America buying mass quantities of mostly useless cheaply produced crap each and every weekend. Anything that interrupts that knocks all the dominoes over. We live in interesting times.

[@floydholder597]

Kind of like where do the "blue" cities surrounded by "red" rural areas get their water, power, and food from?

[@MightyAA251]

@@floydholder597 Agreed, but flip it too. Population; hungry, angry City folk outnumber rural several thousand to one. The Cities are where armies are recruited and where things are built.. Rural will have a hard time taking a city, but not so much reversed with equipment, manpower, and a will to provide for your family.

[@floydholder597]

LMFAO! You'd have to be able to find us 1st fool. And don't forget who's got homefield advantage. And are you going to be able to protect and guard all of the powerlines, gas pipelines, pumping stations and your water supply systems? And who do you think grows the vast majority of your food? Do you think you can just form a big group and come out to take what you want? We don't have to come into your cities for anything, ya'll on the other hand?

[@mediaistheenemy]

All of those firearms, etc, serve as a mutually assured destruction for each other, and it's why no one steps out of line but so far.

[@B1gLupu]

Ah yes, the logic that prevented WW1

[@kawawangkowboy9566]

Simon has so many channels... I can't wait until the inevitable cooking show

[@kyle18934]

I'd watch that lol

[@StavrosKing]

the stirring pot 😂

[@murraybeachtel8585]

Glad you brought up how an American Civil War wouldn't look like the one we had in 1861. Many of us have a GPS pin on that moment in history.

[@SmedleyDouwright]

... for lost fishing equipment?

[@MrAnonymous1515]

It looks like the last 8 years. And will only to continue to escalate

[@golagiswatchingyou2966]

yeah US civil war 2.0 would be worse

[@PeruvianPotato]

Yep it'll probably just be the next Syria and Myanmar

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@PeruvianPotatonope.

[@TheBuckeyeHistoryGuy1776]

Safe to say, this war would take elements of: The French Revolution, The first American Civil War, The Spanish Civil War, and the Breakup of Yugoslavia

[@ms.donaldson2533]

Every single thing you just said had "JESUIT" has the reason behind it. THY Father, who planted your seed of creation was NEVER supposed to be on his knees to "Trust and Believe" that the God of Government, Science or Religion would save him. Jesuit suppression 1773-1814 caused the American Revolution and the War of 1812 that hosted the Battle of Baltimore and raised "the first monument to war dead since Ancient (Canaanite) times" My old neighborhood began as Fort Marshall, where religionist expanded the fight during the Civil War and provided additional FEDERALIZATION of a religious nation the grew to a World Warring party of people. F*ck that "mission to create a new world" I like to keep things REAL

[@kenneth6847]

You left out the juntas in Paraguay, Chile, and Argentina.

[@marcallred506]

@@kenneth6847Highly unlikely that the military in the US would overthrow the government. The scenarios described are more likely

[@Americanbadashh]

It would be 90% the last one

[@kevinmcmillin870]

@@marcallred506 Our military is full of tools especially the higher ranks. They’d decapitate a baby if it meant they wouldn’t get demoted

[@pmpowalisz]

A key factor that Simon seems to have left out is that the vast US security apparatus already has a large amount of experience in fighting insurgencies as well as terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan (where they dealt with HUGE culture and language divides). Any such violent outbreak (small group or not) in the US will be quickly put down, unless there is some type of wider issue at play (such as massive food shortages or the Purge).

[@BomChickyBowWow]

Listen, I live here. I can tell you that people are talking about violence like it’s a foregone conclusion. It doesn’t feel normal. It’s getting weird.

[@Ozarks420]

The two tier legal system is opening the wound faster than people think. When one party uses the justice department to silence its opposition, war or civil unrest is inevitable.

[@Americanbadashh]

The other party clearly violated the law. The justice department is not silencing the opponent, it is working it is intended too.

[@Ozarks420]

@@Americanbadashh Why isnt Biden being prosecuted for taking money from Ukraine and China or taking secret documents when he wasnt even POTUS? Or for spying on his political rivals via the FBI? Why isnt Hillary in jail for destroying evidence? Why are Jan 6 protesters in prison but BLM and ANTIFA run free? Stop watching CNN and MSDNC.

[@draxxr1674]

​@@Americanbadashh😂😅😂😅 Are you serious? Put down the cup of Kool-aid open your eyes and truly see what is going on.

[@FlyinRaptorJesus]

​@@Americanbadashhthe left rioted for months in 2020 and politicians praised them.. People trespassing on January 6th are still in solitary confinement... There is a clear double standard in the justice dept.

[@copperworks]

@@Americanbadashhour government is corrupt and many see it clearly with each attack on TRUMP

[@MrKKUT1984]

As a 40 year old American I can truly say this is the first time in my lifetime that feels like we are on the verge of something big. The current people in power on both sides do not serve the people. In fact they seemingly do everything we don't want them to do. It won't be just a civil war it would be a real insurrection if something happens. That's how most people in Louisiana feel that I speak to. I hope it doesn't get to that point though.

[@theboyisnotright6312]

I honestly don't hate trumpers. Trump is only a figure because the politicians are so completely and obviously serving the billionaires. Those are the true enemies of America. The billionaires and their toadys in government. It's not your fellow workers who is a Democrat or Republican. The blue red dynamic surprise surprise is pushed by the MSM and government itself. Think people!

[@davinxi5926]

A new revolution

[@jimboniusmaximus6018]

You can’t possibly equate the two sides at this point. I hate partisan politics as much as anyone, but if you seriously think that BOTH sides are EQUALLY against the interests of the people, then you need to get your head out of your own ass.

[@Admiralty86]

LA would be a goner without the feds.

[@aurorab6796]

Unlike what the speaker here says the fight may not be American vs American, it will most likely be American Vs Invader (or what the government keeps telling us are more American than we are).

[@zacharymcleish4498]

I’m a U.S. Army veteran. I recently had my first child. I have no desire to see an insurgency level conflict happen in our nation. I spent 12 years in service between active service and national guard. I’ll be honest. I have zero vested personal interest in any of the current members of our central government holding power. I have zero vested interest in the biggest opposition party holding power. I think we have a great system that’s been hijacked by failed polarization. I have no intention of picking up my guns to overthrow the federal government, but I also have no valid vested interest in allowing the current bipartisan administration we’ve cultivated continue to exist.

[@rickosborne6521]

I can thoroughly agree that our populace is ridiculously divided, and surely our politics have become identity-based, but I don't think it will rise to this level. I also don't think that us being armed would mean such a conflict could be worse - it means anyone thinking of carrying out atrocities on the public has the very real concern that the public can and will fight back. All I know is I served my country, and I won't fight for any cause that divides it further. If things like this pan out, I'll shore up at home and protect my family from either side of such a hypothetical conflict.

[@Ghostfury2004]

What nobody talks about is the global repercussions of an American Civil War a huge power gap will be left I just hope even with all our differences we realize how much we need each other.

[@constantinethecataphract5949]

European countries would be allowed to have an independent policy?

[@Ghostfury2004]

@@constantinethecataphract5949 on?

[@GraniteStateofMind]

@@constantinethecataphract5949you don’t just get US military protection for free

[@weybye91]

So Europe aren't required to kiss the ass of the US, and no more meaningless wars that the US starts and drags NATO into

[@afterafter7199]

And become Russian

[@M-_-O]

My therapist: you’re too anxious and paranoid, relax more Me: puts this video on 🙃

[@CollinKillian]

Stop being scared, it would be over quick enough.. Considering the south is basically armed to the point of redundancy, and the leftists can't figure out what bathroom they'll use..

[@MrDibara]

I know it's a joke, but, *the fuck kind of therapist is that?* 😑

[@M-_-O]

@@MrDibara the therapist didn’t suggest the video…

[@Angie254M]

No. any political system requires the majority of the people participating in it to have a vested interest in contributing to the maintenance of that system. When political representatives and certain candidates openly call for insurrection and there is no price to pay, that is a good sign a lot of people participating no longer have good faith support in the functioning of their government.

[@V1489Cygni]

Something to keep in mind is that the risk "reIigion" brings doesn't necessariIy means "theism". BeIiefs _can_ grow beyond what couId just be considered ideoIogies and adopt reIigious Iike traits, and if they come into confIict with another, propper estabIished reIigion, it won't matter that "the threat/other isn't formaIIy estabIished as a faith".

[@slovakiaballif24]

I genuinely want to thank you guys for not finger pointing at one side or the other as the definite bad guys who would cause everything, but acknowledged the risk both sides pose to each other.

[@VSPoliFight]

What do you think the section on "the left tooling up in response to the rights escalation" was? It was half the video where he pretended that the blm antifa democrat party sponsored t36606ism didn't happen. That the world started spinning January 6th

[@falconmclenny7284]

​@@VSPoliFightit's funny, the 'rights escalation' is only due to the political, institutional and societal power the left hold, and it's destroying the country. So you either watch that happen, or 'escalate', and then you're the bad guy. It's like when they talk about the right causing a culture war... no no, they are the victims of the culture war, and are now fighting back, they did not cause it. The whole video is proof the left wing narrative is considered the correct and just one, when it just objectively, by any metric, is not.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@VSPoliFight got more buzzwords?

[@Cheffe919]

It's so funny how Americans still think they have two parties to chose from.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

​@@VSPoliFightthat's because it's just far right white supremacist groups that are known to gun pander

[@JayWalsh]

If you can understand one thing, then the perspective become clearer: if social media didn't exist, we wouldn't be talking about this.

[@kenneth6847]

If the legacy media wasn’t around we woukdn’t worry about it being seeded

[@NeighborhoodOfBlue]

Social media amplifies what would otherwise be pockets of unrest. Media as a whole warps reality.

[@Garkin58]

​@@NeighborhoodOfBlue not even reality is always as it seems

[@cjs6085]

The first one happened without it. Maybe it’s inevitable? Cyclical?

[@localenterprisebroadcastin5971]

“People who don’t know what bathroom to use aren’t a threat on a battlefield…just the classroom” 1sr Sgt Fortune 3rd CEB USMC

[@BananaWarriorFF]

Spread love, peace, and understanding. There's no need for us to descend into violence.

[@larrybrophy9093]

So you obviously have no idea of what is going on in our country right now.

[@zachdecker2967]

The description of what it would look like is already in American history. Bleeding Kansas. Or even leading up to the American revolution. I was recently doing Family tree research and found that one of my ancestors was one of the only loyalists to keep a journal that survived. He first started as a patriot and took part in tarring and feathering, burning down homes, driving loyalists from their towns. He loved a girl from a loyalist family but was forbidden by the family from seeing her so they had to sneak around. He later became a loyalist and was reported to have saved a captured patriot from being tortured, scalped, and killed by pulling his gun on one of his fellow loyalists. He also talks about being disowned by his family and never seeing his brothers again because they were patriots. His father and brothers were patriots while his uncle was a loyalist that was imprisoned by patriots. After the war him and his wife (the loyalist girl he had to Romeo and Juliet with) were forced to flee to canada. Barely managing to escape when (even after the patriots had won) decided to raid and burn down his house. P.S. a couple days late but I feel the Hatfield- McCoy feud is another example in American history that shows what another civil war would look like

[@tesmith47]

Interesting who you define as a patriot

[@braddywarbucks]

Of course. You have to deal with the traitors after you win. You can't trust them ever again. I understand why they chased him off to Canada.

[@Page-Hendryx]

@@tesmith47 He was talking about the American Revolution.

[@jordaneggerman4734]

​@@tesmith47 Historically, this is how we talk about it in the US. "Loyalists/Redcoats vs Patriots". Why do you think New England's football team is the Patriots? Or...did you think they just opened a dictionary and pointed at a word?

[@valsyaranamual6853]

@@jordaneggerman4734 Patriots?Everybody runs around saying "I am a patriot" .Why not just say I am American! Isn't it basically the same. That is where the division is.

[@Brometheus3663]

British guy: "America is unlikely to go war with itself." Me, an American living in America dealing with these issues: "Says you."

[@Leafynova]

Right lmao

[@faxslaps5775]

I will watch this guy talk about any and every country but the US. We are too complex to have an opinion on. He should just stick to talking about Syria and Venezuela.

[@Mina-ti9nh]

​@@faxslaps5775🤡

[@eugenecrawford14]

America is not a functioning, republic, democracy, or civil government of any sort This guy is clueless

[@angelluna3451]

Yes feed into what our leaders have done, divided us. They have divided us but they wont conquer us.

[@tjd4874]

“A mass attack on a church or a abortion clinic” that tell you all you need to know about the sides

[@consco3667]

A church attack left wingers an abortion clinic left wingers blaming it on the right…..

[@Azihayya]

Nice video, very warormative.

[@louscannon7493]

Just driving in traffic, you can see the war has already started...

[@uJemai]

Unfortunately, the social media fuels this stuff... There isn't a middle ground, you are either on left or on right and they push each other fiercely.

[@NecroAsphyxia]

Honestly the political purity tests I see far more on the left than the right. The Far Left has gotten to the point where they are flaming people like Stephen A Smith and Anna Kasperian, both very much leftists, because they are not mindlessly toeing the line.

[@LeoMajor1]

I grew up a liberal but can't stand the far left and I see the woke side as the most toxic and divisive..... they are the types that will automatically report you for having an opinion they don't like.... they don't care about free speech... if you have an opinion that doesn't align with their agenda they try to cancel you or silence you in some way..... they are far more scarier then the republicans ever were growing up.... at least even hard liner republicans respect the notion of free speech or the right to speak an opinion that they don't agree with. The far left are the types to have you silenced or jailed and truly believe themselves the good guys and sleep peacefully at night while doing it. They remind me of a certain group in the 1930's that put themselves on a pedestal while scapegoating a group of people as the "bad guys who must be silenced and ran out of the country"

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

they all view the others by their worst examples but view their own side by the best of them it's weird US media thrives off of that. "protecting the border" ? Oh thats the first step to NATZI GERMANY. "trans rights" ? Oh thats the first step to COMMMUNISM.

[@jameslovallo9603]

And if you say you're neither, both sides bash you

[@akl2k7]

​@@jameslovallo9603Yeah, there's a whole subreddit called Enlightend Centrists that does this very thing. It's ridiculous.

[@alfredodedarc]

It would be a guerrilla war. Snipers in high rises, forests, etc

[@gtrdxz]

Not if the military (mostly one sided) joins in

[@Warsie]

@@gtrdxz depending on the civil war, the military would have to garrison entire cities AS WELL as the countryside. The Mountain west and Appalachia would be hell for the milittary to hold, there arent enough soldiers to occupy the area -- they'll need local militias as support (and depending on the nature of the civil war)

[@alfredodedarc]

@@Warsie it was the one thing feared most by Union forces in 1865. The remnants of Confederate forces would ‘officially’ disband and continue to fight in familiar area in the brush, extending The Civil War another 20 to 50 years. General Lee told his generals and soldiers that they absolutely should not do this. at 95% of the troops went along with it being tired of the war. Could they have won such a war? Look what happened in Vietnam. Sure they could’ve won the war. But at a very high cost.

[@pressureteamtron]

whats crazy is we should actively be working to prevent a crisis like this because our foreign enemies will decimate us once they see we are split and thats how you defeat America it seems the war was lost long before it was declared .

[@garygrant7141]

I think other countries would not dare to invade when the gun loving owners defeat the democratic snowflakes in almost no time at all.

[@Warsie]

The military would still control the nuclear weapons unless the federal government absolutely imploded

[@secretlake5528]

In order to preserve Liberty, the masses must have knowledge John Adams

[@JP-ho6zc]

He would be shock if he's alive today.. 😂😂

[@christopherboxford9556]

how the fuck do you maintain a well informed public? Most people are idiots.

[@AmrenMirit]

​@@christopherboxford9556leading by example when times get tough by people with the knowledge.

[@randymillhouse791]

That will never happen. Humans, for the most part, are lazy animals.

[@samr.england613]

@@AmrenMirit Who are these, 'people with the knowledge'?

[@RealitySurvival]

Stocking up on Ammo is always a good idea... It isn't getting any cheaper. lol

[@sscalercourtney5486]

Both sides had plenty of Ammo during World War II. And over 80 million died. Having ammo doesn't protect you. Only all people agreeing to the rule of law. Understand I kept a pistol in my house for any break-in. But my military experience informed me, that in a war having ammo means nothing in living and dying.

[@jl696]

@@sscalercourtney5486 Better to have ammo than not have it. Better to be armed than not armed. Everything else is pure conjecture.

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@jl696 Till the drone strikes come in because this isn't 1937 anymore where the side with the most ammo wins.

[@jl696]

@@PeruvianPotato We had plenty of drones in Afghanistan. Look who rules Afghanistan today. The Taliban had lots of ammo before we got there. They have lots more since we left.

[@MGLweareonlyone]

Guns, gold and real-estate, everything else is a gamble.

[@curtisfrantz7547]

When someone tells you not to stock up on ammunition You should go stockpile on ammunition

[@MrSteeDoo]

How many firefights do you expect to survive? LOL

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

I don’t know if civil war is inevitable, but I do think secession is inevitable unless trends change, and quickly.

[@Cheshire020]

Hopefully this will be a thought exercise we can look back on, and give a sigh of relief that it never happened.

[@tuckcollins8276]

I really hope so.

[@HawkThis]

Nobody will remember you in the end you should hope ...

[@Ben-vu4qf]

Very doubtful at this point it has to happen. And soon might I add they’ve gone completely mad

[@MrAnonymous1515]

It has already started. Democrats want a one party nation. They don't want to power share. They want to dominate. When they lost in 2016, they went fully insane.

[@westsonrises]

There's definitely going to be internal conflict Whether it's revolution or civil war is the question

[@MoellerMike1977]

People want a Civil War until people have to fight a war. Big difference between talking about a war half way around the world as compared to war where the front line is people's front yards.

[@JW-qf2fx]

yeh won't happen, i get it, people are divided, but the two "sides" that might emerge don't have strong enough opposing beliefs for it to go full scale war. Won't stop US's enemies stoking the fire as much as possible online etc though. Can probably expect more riot fights around the next election

[@GekidoShitaRonin]

All it takes is a catalyst to sort out those who are about it to those who will cower. Most folk hollering for it are all bluster, and the minute somthing pops off will look to someone else to assist with the trouble. Who will they call? The police? Dispatch is having issues and they wanted them defunded.

[@usrevenge]

People want civil war because they assume the military would be on their side. Republicans think the military will always side with them because conservative. Democrats think the military will follow whoever is in command/president.

[@doomedbringer]

If people won’t get involved in Ukraine people won’t get involved in the US. Article 5 will not take effect as it will be an internal issue so no other NATO member will have to go there. The closest thing will be Canada and its allies manning the border to keep the Americans in their own yard

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

If war begins, no one ever wins. The main reason is that war never ends until BOTH sides have exhausted each and all resources. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Bloodshed never dies, little Raeniya." --Llewelyn (DD1) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

[@dingbat999]

thank you for getting rid of the flicker.

[@janehastie3464]

The American Revolutionary War was the first civil war in the United States. Forty percent of the people in the US were for independence from Great Britain, forty percent of people were neither for independence from Great Britain nor being against independence, fifteen to twenty percent of the people wished for the United States to remain part of Great Britain. The slaveowners such as George Washington, Thomad Jefferson, James Madison established optimal conditions for the US democratic system to fail and civil war to erupt. They wished to maintain the greediness, brutality, violence, and maliciousness of slavery. President Andrew Jackson deliberately started the war with Mexico to spread the greediness and brutality of slavery and concentration camps. The Mexican War was the second civil war in the US. The Civil War was the third civil war in the US.

[@waynemathias8074]

Excellent summary. Another famous example of ideological conflict is the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). The social fragmentation and resentments developed over many years, exacerbated by economic depression and imperial collapse. The 1936 election was the last straw, triggering tit-for-tat assassinations and the attempted coup d'etat that divided the military against itself and drew in outside forces (Germany, Italy, USSR, & the "International Brigades"). Mountains of books have been written on it. As one of the worst-case scenarios, it deserves closer attention. In our case, we cannot rule out the possibility of allies and rival powers becoming involved.

[@SusCalvin]

It always reminds me of how other states play in. No one gets to have a civil war completely undisturbed. Even being recognized internationally as the legit US government by the EU or China or Saudi Arabia etc would be a big deal.

[@off6848]

And Franco won and Spain prospered for 60 years.

[@hoovertac]

Wish Argentina’s Dirty War was referenced/debunked

[@SusCalvin]

@@off6848 As stable and fun as it gets in a fascist dictatorship.

[@legaullonapoleonien8760]

The video should be titled : "How to indirectly perfectly describe modern France in a nutshell ?"

[@sethmikkelsen3957]

It doesn’t matter what “experts” say. The last quote is the most important. The future will always be unpredictable, but the fault lines are only getting weaker.

[@mr.nobody2647]

not ever country gives their citizens the right like America to remove their government by force not by a vote. America has that right listed under the deceleration of independence

[@wearebecomedeathstar2658]

Actually, America isn't a functional democracy, statistically popular opinion for a bill only leads to that bill passing 10% of the time. Where as Corperations and lobbyist intrests get their way 90% of the time. That's definitionally a functional kleptocracy, not a democracy, even if there's voting to decide who does the corporate bidding.

[@browhatisthis37]

It's at least one of the MOST functioning democracies in the world. I think that says more about the world as a whole honestly

[@Rob_F8F]

Where do the stats you cite come from?

[@AL-lh2ht]

Yea that one politically charged study is such a good resources. Man I wish there was more then one paper that exists.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@Rob_F8FI highly discredited “study”.

[@anarcho-savagery2097]

That's capitalism in action.

[@BillMcSwain]

Things have not settled down. If you thought 2020 was gonna be crazy wait until November.

[@WardDorrity]

Just wait until this summer.

[@emilysind3676]

@@WardDorritythat’s what I’ve been saying. Strap up bc campaigning is gonna get crazy and our cities might burn again worse than last time… the free Palestine protesters are already causing a ruckus…

[@scottfraser706]

Sorry but we're taking Vermont and Maine for the maple syrup 🍁 🇨🇦🦫

[@spook75a28]

@@WardDorrity BLM will be back on the attack. Riots always seem to happen on election years.

[@deebrown7160]

​@@scottfraser706 I'm coming with my waffle maker

[@majorsynthqed7374]

As a Marine Corps veteran, if a Civil War truly takes place, I will do my duty as a Marine and defend the Constitution of the United States, politics be damned.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

@Warographics views are skewed - truck drivers are conservative in the USA and so are farmers , nearly all guns are owned by republicans/ nationalists nearly all veterans are republicans , nearly all active personell soldiers are republicans most city folk are liberals, if tentions really come to arise then a violent mass of abaut 10% of the most armed and violent nationalists with the support of most republicans can block and encircle urban areas and starve them out by withholding food deliveries , destroying power infrastructure also takes out water , they could even start firestorms like during WW2 firebombing campaigns by deliberate and coordinated arson and supression or persuation of fire fighters to not interfere, then its just a waiting game , they can avoild urban fighting , have most guns and nearly all food, in my educated non american outsider perspective it appears that if this insurgance is coordinated and strongly enough motivated to "solve the discord" , perhaps by obvious left wing power grab and unconstitutional law making it would more likely look like the sieges and depopulation of cities by the Khmer Rouge or a flare up of violence like the Rwandan genocide - only right wing and with much more weapons and ammo as well as Military and Paramilitary training and tactics and 1st world logistics the biggest mistake the Liberals and left make as well is viewing the Police and Military as a impartial institution rather than a mass of individuals with personal believes and a organisation that can sway politially , be it organized or disorganzed thank god americans are to lazy to kill eachother , that would most likely destabilize the better part of the world leading to meny more wars flareing up while the USA is to busy being at odds with itself. Being a minority and existing in the USA might also not be all that healthy if , god forbid, that ever happens - not out of racism but political predjudice

[@gasoven3759]

When anyone tells you not to stock up on ammo... do the opposite.

[@SusCalvin]

"How many neighbours do you know by name?" is my rule of thumb.

[@copperworks]

@@SusCalvinI know my whole block.

[@gregorious_funk]

a Munitions company will never tell you not to stock up

[@JP-ho6zc]

There will be plenty of ammo and guns available.. 😂😂

[@rogerwhite95]

@@gregorious_funk Whereas those who want you to be unable to defend yourself from them definitely will.

[@AlexChec]

I'm really surprised and disappointed that this video - especially at the end - missed the opportunity to note that the first American Civil War was also the end result of an upward spiral of tit-for-tat violence beginning with Bleeding Kansas. Even if the war itself took on a form that would be unlikely in the modern context, providing that history would have been important to the overarching narrative of how civil wars have these instigating events which can escalate rapidly.

[@sasquatchwithinternetacces2940]

The side that supports the 2nd ammendment will win.

[@GringoPicante]

where can i find the news video that is shown at 1:26 where it shows five sections of the US? im trying to find the source of that clip. only clue i have is that it is a fox news story.

[@Itstoolateohhwell]

The thin veneer of comfort is the only thing keeping the storm at bay. Once comfort is lifted we will see the worst of the worst

[@ivanvega169]

Here in Argentina, we're going through an economic crisis, 50% of the people are below the poverty line. Middle class is struggling, and we have the media so polarized between left and right, that they even mentioned a few times now "civil war", I don't know if our country is going to have one but I know that we are never going to unite as much as when our country plays football at the world cup, stay safe people 😊.

[@fr4752]

Argentinas been screwed over for 100 years. Socialism doesn't work

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

At least you finally have a competent and educated leader, not like America currently hahaha

[@eaglerider1826]

You missed the part where last month your government actually has a budget surplus . The first time in over 20 years .

[@classiccom1953]

At least Argentina was a Catholic country. #PopeFrancisFraudster has been poisonous to the Christian faith and seems to have wreaked havoc in both Chile & Argentina. Catholic Church has been in crisis since 1958 Masonic pope & Vatican II. Don't forget when people of the world wished to be wealthy as an Argentine, Pope Pius X back in 1904 WARNED the world to say no to Theodor Herzl's Zionist Plan to conquer Palestine. Today we face WW3 and global economic collapse. PS - Hitler the "catholic" ignored 2 previous popes and immediately in 1933 supported the Germany-Zionist relocation agreement.

[@njay4361]

I think a lot of countries are feeling the effects of decades of mismanagement and poor leadership. Which makes it easy for bad actors to get elected and make things worse. Once the people have been blinded and lied to enough, the stop being able to recognize competence and instead run after grifters and the lot. You can spot these people easily with their smugness and the ease with which they put down actual leaders and dismiss them as incompetent and corrupt. Makes it feel like we have entered some weird dystopian rabbit hole of stupidity of the worst kind..

[@jackdoyle7453]

Depends what you class as a civil war. As the troubles in Northern Ireland could be considered a civil war

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

People buying guns and stockpiling ammo is laughable. Shooting involves muscle memory and is a perishable skill. Having weapons and ammunition is only part of self defence. You must live fire your weapon on a regular bases to get and maintain proficiency. I am a 30 year Army veteran, I live on a farm and have several ranges. I shoot every week, long gun and handgun. I reload for everything shoot. Lastly, there is the will to draw down and in that moment decide if you will take a life. Chilling!

[@SmilingShadow-jl5tr]

War? No. Revolution? Yes.

[@lost_in_crazyland97]

Exactly

[@FrankHaul]

They're asking for it.

[@poothrowingape]

Simon assumes we aren't already stockpiled on ammo

[@ericwilson178]

What are your plans for a beehive round? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5yZqKt4hpiZlZI

[@roseannrook7897]

Sadly you are right -- already stockpiled.

[@jackiemaddox4577]

you know when 70 yr old people are taking gun classes, people will learn we might be old but we have strength in numbers and experience! watch out!

[@brentcook2261]

“Things have simmered down…” Are you kidding me? It would be so easy to argue any of the points you bring up as to why the U.S. won’t sink into CWII.

[@jonschreiners5006]

Things definitely have simmered down since 2020/2021. While tensions remain high, there has been no high profile action comparable to storming the capitol on Jan 6. We will see what happens in November-January, but for now it has definitely simmered down.

[@zanesweeten2523]

One other thing not touched on with this is that if the worst really did happen and the USA collapsed, the world economy would go with it to a certain degree and a lot of countries kept in check for decades (I.e. China, Iran, etc…) would be imboldened to mobilize against Western Allies

[@Ally5141]

Honestly, this entire "civil war" thing sounds like a massive psy-op. Wonder who would get the most out of a fragmented america...

[@maximilianthiel8485]

I don’t actually know the answer …. But after the Bronze Age collapse /the fall of Rome etc life expectancy rose among the survivors (please correct me if I’m wrong)

[@Talisguy]

Civil war is unlikely, but political violence in the wake of the upcoming election is a very real possibility. I don't think it's a psyop, but I'm sure Russia is happy to help it spread.

[@peterullrich9034]

@@maximilianthiel8485that's my understanding from the historical record. Even the fossil record supports the conclusion that you were less likely to die of violence, plague or famine. And people act like it was some great Luddite vandalism to, say, tear down aqueducts. But if you're a "dark age" peasant, it's like hey if you're done steeping in bathhouses far from my home, we'd like our cobblestones back please and thank you

[@DiviAugusti]

China and Russia dream of a Balkanized USA every minute of every day.

[@Pinkhairedkilla]

I wouldn't say it's a psyop, but there is no way that will happen, not in America, Americans just love to make drama, they always complain even though they literally living better than 90% of the world , their country is the strongest in the world, If that happens, then there is no hope for the rest of us

[@jakeaurod]

I haven't seen the film, but I could see some of this happening. Some people are so dumb that they would blow up a bridge and then be mad that Chik-fil-A is out of food because they didn't get their delivery and blame the federal government for it.

[@marisolamaya159]

You are so right for this 😂

[@Mark-uh3un]

Yep, same people who blame the current president for every single issue their state has.

[@kevinbrown3316]

​@@Mark-uh3un, or maybe it's the people blaming the previous President for things that didn't come about until well after his 2nd term was stolen...

[@thepantscommandme]

@@Mark-uh3un Well a lot of the problems we are having is because of the current admin.

[@VSPoliFight]

​@@Mark-uh3unyou realize you guys did that as early as a few years ago right?

[@voshadxgathic]

While the loss of life in a proposed civil war would be regrettable, it may be what the country actually need to right itself. While the country slowly collapses, and an internal war could rapidly escalate that collapse, it may just be the alarm that is needed to rouse the people to take control back. After all, it's supposed to be We The People, not We The Corporations.

[@Mattiasalexandee]

A very good video, but there were a couple of crucial things you missed. 1. Today there are A LOT of individuals / groups in the U.S like amateur militia groups such as the "Oath keepers", and elected officials who wants a civil war. 2. There's no shortage of foreign powers who also desperately wants the U.S to descend into a civil war. Russia, China, Iran, many south American countries, and the list goes on and on.

[@JUST_A_GUY835]

The top's only concern is that the bottom works together to to bring them down. The top only wants division. Left and right are blind.

[@guntcheck]

Both are blind, but not equally so, thinking otherwise is a false equivalence fallacy.

[@colincampbell4261]

No - the left understand distraction and divide and rule tactics.

[@blainesitter9110]

what way will the middle fall , Lol , meet me in the middle ?

[@5000Seabass]

@@guntcheck Both are equally blind, walking in separate directions. If you’re declaring yourself “right” or “left” you’re not as capable of rational thought as you think.

[@redcecrossans2189]

​@@guntcheckit the civil war is started now? I felt excited about it.

[@baneblackguard584]

"not to suggest that you should go out right now and stock up on ammunition" Yeah... you should have already done that.

[@randlebrowne2048]

And a great many already have!

[@doctoruttley]

Yep…too late now.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Only a man with that accent would say that!

[@jamesgibson4100]

I don't believe almost anyone, including myself, can foresee the absolute horror this Country, Western Civilization for that matter, will soon endure.

[@johnstrickler2238]

I'm a pretty staunch conservative, and I have to say I do think you didn't get all of that information as accurate as you believe. For instance, most conservatives absolutely believe that being conservative is something that is allowed to be openly disparaged, mocked, and a cause of discrimination. There is absolutely massive levels of people who are disenfranchised because of their race, though they are the ones that are blamed for all the ills. There are a great many attempts to speak, but conservatives are *not* allowed to speak openly without there being a reprisal. As I once said to someone who trashed our friendship because of opposing ideologies. "There are two ways for us to become enemies. One is for me to make you my enemy, and the other is for you to make me your enemy." That individual would absolutely be my enemy today. Not because I want that, but because they can see no other alternative. I must agree with them, or I am evil by their reckoning.

[@dispatchwest8071]

Nice presentation however I believe there's one more component. For the most part in the US (and the western world) people are still fairly financially secure or are able to keep afloat. As the middle class continues to deteriorate and more people have nothing left to lose then there will come a breaking point. When? That's anyone's guess.

[@lassie517]

You nailed it.

[@alphawolf5294]

that might turn into a class war

[@andreweller2318]

This was well thought out. I do think the low intensity conflict amongst militias is more likely than any large scale people vs. government or clear cut geographic or factional lines. However, I think one reason a civil war is unlikely in the U.S. is the distractibility of the people. When things start to get bad at home the government gets us more publicly involved in an overseas conflict. But support for foreign allies is becoming a devicive topic as well.

[@jvang2293]

People are delusional and think a civil war would be a quick and decisive battle and not a chaotic breakdown of society and fracturing into countless militias

[@Stable_Genius]

Yes, Americans are too phat and happy. There is just enough of us living comfortably to rock the boat. Many of these same pea-brains wanting them a civil war also work jobs to support their family. Do they request time off from Walmart to fight?

[@72tadrian65]

Daddy Trump already has said that it will be a bloodbath. 😢

[@jeffreymontgomery4091]

Very true and well said. Yes, we as a society have been "driven to distraction." Frightening it is how quickly we jump from one thing to another with little regard for the possible catastrophic consequences of such behavior. I, like the vast majority of people, need a "daily reminder." 🤦‍♂️

[@SusCalvin]

One part that spooked me during the Balkan wars was the number of militias. These militias would act alongside the national army or in support of it but also effectively run the areas they were in charge of. Towards the end of the wars, the started to fall out more with the central governments who wanted to either disband or fold them into the armed forces. But in practice it meant that the roadblock you need to pass to work is controlled by random auxiliary goons with absolutely no effective supervision. I think Amazon could afford a pretty hefty militia. Even if all it does is to ensure the security of Amazon warehouses, convoys, Jeff Bezos and occasionally beats up unionists.