• LMDNW@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Trump will encounter a home-grown resistance in the US if he wages war on NATO. It will start a civil war. MMW

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      The problem is that invoking the term “civil war” for the US calls on a historical image of two clear sides, or perhaps the very vague handwaving history of the recent movie of the same name. There might finally be some sort of civil unrest against the government in some ways, but it won’t be a Blue vs. Grey organized movement. More a fall into chaos where some places will go on as usual, while others might be a war zone type scenario caused by official lashing out at public actions. It’s unprecedented, like most of recent events, and unusual because of the size and makeup of the US itself. It won’t be like any other civil war.