re: Will we experience a civil war in our lifetime here in the US?

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When did you buy?

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When I was younger man
I hadn't a care
Foolin' around
Hitting the town
Growing my hair


( I always knew those Climax Blues Band lyrics would come in handy someday!)

[quote] Will we experience a civil war in our lifetime here in the US? quote]

In this day and age, all it would take is a second great depression and it's on.

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Used to blow time in the Army by playing what if and would you rather games. Had a fun one; What would you do if?...

Tomorrow you woke up and the power was off. You pick up your phone and it's dead. Every battery powered device in your home is dead. You go outside and hear no cars, machinery, planes over head, nothing, just birds. You go to your car and it won't turn over.

You visit your neighbors and it's the same deal, nobody has any idea what happened.

What do you do now?

Would you come in to work?

What if this lasted for days? Weeks? Months?

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It depends, is it just electrical sources that have stopped working or is it most chemical sources as well? In other words will bullets still fire?

Regardless I would get out of town with as much as I could as fast as I can and head for a rural setting. Without transportation, assuming this lasts for years or months, people will quickly begin to starve. Starving people are unpleasant people to have as neighbors.

In Arkansas there would be a lot of folks also heading for the hills so to speak. The disadvantage of living in Sportsman's state. Watch the deer population crash and burn within a year. Once the deer and other game begin to vanish things will get even more unpleasant.

Pro tip: Humans carry a ton of diseases so make sure to cook your Long Pig until its well done.

If it lasts more then a year or two then we are looking at around a 75% (probably higher in Europe and Japan) die off of the human race in industrialized countries and close to that in non-industrialized countries.

Then we will eventually bounce back, perhaps not to pre-disaster levels unless the power comes back on, since humanity has done just fine without electricity for two hundred thousand years. Of course no power means little to no medication so expect to live about half as long as you used to and plan on having as many children as you possibly can since 3 out of 5 of them will probably die before their tenth birthday. Children are your retirement policy in a non-industrial society.

By and large, I think a majority of Americans are too lazy and pussified to have a Civil War anytime soon.

Depends on if the virus has stricken the people dumb as well as turning them into cannibals. If they're clever? You just get way the hell out of Dodge. Just hide it out.

Actually, in either case that's what you do.

We might, if liberals continue to try to tax us to prosperity and take away the rights of law abiding citizens. Also, giving our money away to people who do nothing to benefit our society.

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We might, if liberals continue to try to tax us

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Tax rates are about the lowest they've been in modern history.

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take away the rights of law abiding citizens.

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Both sides are guilty of this.

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Also, giving our money away to people who do nothing to benefit our society.

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I agree we need to curb corporate welfare.

Some say the second civil war was triggered on January 20th 2019 when Louisiana began drafting articles of succession from the oppressive nation and its football referees.

Can't see it happening within 20 years, after that, who knows.

I guess you have to begin with what would start one.... maybe the federal gov. taking away 401ks, savings, land etc? Taking away guns? '

Redistribution of wealth to the democrats....sound not possible?.....that was the exact reason for ObamaCare.

Arksulli, hit it pretty close. If the grid goes down, about 80 percent of the worlds population will be gone within a year or so. It’s not if, it’s when. The very young and very old along with people on life saving medication will die first. The the city dwellers will start killing each other off for food, water and big screen TVs. Never mind there’s no power. The 20 percent that make it will be the folks that know how to make things and live off the land or preppers like myself. I have enough supplies to last 4 people about 2 years. Food, water and purification equipment, meds, barder supplies. IE, cigs, booze, gold, silver etc. old 1970s truck. Guns and more guns. Lots of ammo. Will there be a civil war ? I’ve prepared sense Obama was in his third year in office. I’ve never seen the country more devided.
In the end, people will come together. AND THEN EAT EACH OTHER.