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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The civil war that follows isn’t even the difficult part.

The difficult part is coming up with a vision for the time after the civil war. And that’s gonna be difficult. If americans couldn’t agree on a policy before 2025, why would they be able to come up with one after that?

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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I just want to mention that there’s a series of difficulties:

practically, a good 20% - 30% are still backing trump, especially among “republicans for life”. It would be easy to topple a government if 99% of the population despised it, but if 20% back it, it’s difficult because it can retract and re-collect strength.

normally, conflicts are decided by who can stay solvent longer, i.e. who has more money. normally, that would be blue states, but if trump can just print money through the federal reserve, then that kinda makes that point more questionable.

then there’s a shitload of cultural issues. the vietnam kicked the american’s butt because they were fierce and willing to die for their cause, because they were willing to die for their community. america doesn’t have communities like that, america is very atomistic, i.e. everybody fights for themselves. establishing a good sense of community is a whole lot of work and takes a long time. i don’t see it happening overnight.
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WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Ideally, the Civil War takes care of the people who have been making a game of blocking the obvious, realizable solutions to nearly all of the US’s problems.

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