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In reply to the discussion: Are we getting close to a civil war? [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)These are merely fantasies of the extreme right wing of the Republican Party and ultraconservative fanatics.
At a very minimum, 30% of our nation would have to support an uprising in order to have any chance of success.
If a small number of armed individuals decided to launch an insurrection I feel they would be squashed fairly quickly but the damage they were able to inflict might well lead to the gun control they fear.
It is possible that somewhere in the far future a true dictator may try to gain control of our nation and impose a tyranny. Our citizens amy still be armed but their efforts to resist may fail as by that time our government will much better surveillance data on every citizen and will be able to track everybody everywhere at all times.