Experts estimate a 35% chance of a U.S. civil war over the next ten to fifteen years. What do historians think? https://t.co/3UEjOnZfGv
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 27, 2018
High-dollar chew toy has opinions…
I am struggling to imagine what sort of army could be fielded by the "twee cosmopolitan elite" side of America's culture war. https://t.co/qPFz4oYbB9
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) May 27, 2018
Yes however will we outmatch people whose idea for stopping school shooters is training first graders to zerg rush the incels https://t.co/w9yB00joRM
— zeddy (@Zeddary) May 27, 2018
Her ‘conservative’ playmates rush in to assist…
I’m gonna put my money on the side of folks with a lot of guns ?♀️
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) May 27, 2018
I agree! Which is why we're not having a civil war. If red states decide to secede (not one state, but a block too big to put down the rebellion in a few days), blue states are going to count the potential casualties and say, "Erm, maybe better just let them go".
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) May 27, 2018
Fair enough. However, it is hard to build a really effective army out of people who think they're going to live forever if they can just find the right combination of dietary supplements.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) May 27, 2018
(Bruenig, incidentally, is a professional “Christian”.)
On a serious note: as we have discovered in Afghanistan, you can't control territory unless you're willing to put an overwhelming number of boots on the ground. Air power never lived up to its pre-WWII hopes as a substitute for infantry deaths.
— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) May 27, 2018
Just a normal and healthy conversation between two WashPo columnists fantasizing about ways citizens can effectively kill each other.
— Arthur Klein (@Arthur_Klein1) May 27, 2018
Any who, hope the Red State Army has fun keeping comms & logistics up when that spigot of urban and blue state federal tax revenue gets shut off.
Literally the only way McArdle's neo-confederate dream state would stay afloat is socialism.
— zeddy (@Zeddary) May 27, 2018
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