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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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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

While I agree civil war is unlikely, there are paramilitary groups in the republican party, which Frontline investigated.

I could see a more minor version of The Troubles taking place.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Groups "in" and groups "of" are two very different things. The militias that exist are pretty wimpy, and pretty fractured. I'd guess 90% of militiamen are also full of shit, but with more merchandise.

If there was a power vacuum they'd get bigger, but that seems unlikely with so many various established authorities in the mix. I could see them getting coopted into whatever hypothetical faction, though, or just doing terrorist attacks.

Unfortunately, I can't actually see that video.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do you define the destinction? I assume you're only counting 'in' as officially recognized by the republican party, the political entity?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's no way those guys vote Democrat, so it's fair to say they're "in" the Republican party, but they're not a paramilitary "of" the Republican party, because none of the organisation and centralisation which makes the Republican party a force crosses over. They're totally separate, and very unofficial - if a pastor or a local politician supports a militia group, they're going to be doing that quietly on their own time. As a result, they all have a kind of "startup" thing going, and don't really have logistics the way a viable insurgency would.

Sorry, I should have expanded a bit more there. Brevity vs. clarity is always a tough balance.