Bringing up an upcoming civil war on the reddit sub

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[–]GizortnikKiA Old Guard 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Not a chance of a Civil War.

I don't think you all understand that this shit isn't going to be seen as a powerful conflict between massive political power-blocks. This is just the Leftist Establishment Bubble popping. This is it's deflation.

Serious Unrest? Sure.

1968? Nope.

1861? Absolutely not.

[–]the_nybbler 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

New York noped out of it, sent the police out in force and the "peaceful protesters" only managed to burn one van. Surprisingly, Newark, NJ didn't have any riots either; not sure if that's because the city kept it under control or just no one considers Newark worth burning any more.

[–]GizortnikKiA Old Guard 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

New York really can't riot considering it's a fucking police state with a police department that is effectively a paramilitary police force. They know better to even think of letting something like that start up. They gotta smash any possible incitement down as hard as they can.

I still expect New York to potentially depopulate a little bit in the coming decade as the country's politics and establishment lurches rightward towards more classical liberalism, but unless the financial sector collapses, I don't expect riots.

That being said, I'm expecting the petro-dollar to collapse so that could still happen.