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Do you think another civil war can happen in the US? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Zeon@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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People keep saying this and I personally don't really believe it, I think there could be a couple riots, but not like a full on civil war. What does everyone think?

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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure. Could happen. Imagine trump wins somehow. Then imagine he orders the military to help the Russians or even just orders some people round up like he promises. His disdain for our military is clear. Some generals will follow because he is the president. But others will refuse. And Trump is dumb enough to order his generals to arrest the other generals. Boom, civil war. Or if trump loses... his followers will look for someone else to follow. If someone actually competent shows up, similar path, just 4 years later.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I generally agree, and I also think that the spy agencies would assassinate him within a couple of days. There's a bunch of men who have been running those groups for decades, and they don't want to give up their power because some lunatic is making a power grab on the White House.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

Occam's razor suggests it would have already happened had that been the case. When the chips were down, Jan 6th happened and Trump was still in office despite government buildings being seized and civil servants were threatened or even killed. If there was going to be something like that, it would have been on Jan 6th while the president was watching from the White House.