Going to say it again... the violence is coming. Be prepared.
And people should (strangely enough) hope that it arrives BEFORE 2024 election mess, when we have adults in charge who might do something (legally) about it. If it goes down during the 2024 election or transition period, who knows where we will end up.
Going to say it again... the violence is coming. Be prepared.
And people should (strangely enough) hope that it arrives BEFORE 2024 election mess, when we have adults in charge who might do something (legally) about it. If it goes down during the 2024 election or transition period, who knows where we will end up.
I am hoping beyond hope that the GoP has managed to screw themselves over enough through candidate selection and stupidity that the D's retain the Senate and MAYBE even the House. D's have been working fairly hard to not make that happen in some respects, as usual.
Were they always that inept and lazy? Or did they just get that way through decadence and inertia?
I am sometimes amazed at how much control these seemingly two rather inept institutions have over our politics... and even more amazed that we willfully and happily let them have that control so we don't have to actually think much.
If it wasn't them, though, I guess it would just be two similar groups (and only two).
I hear and have heard you. So... will it be violence everywhere or only in the purple states? Your thoughts? And if you've expressed in earlier comment sections, apologies. I'm don't read the comments on a daily basis. Those pesky life choices get in the way.
Hard to tell exactly where or how widespread... you can certainly expect riots tending to violence at specific sites associated with "attacks" on MAGAts or Trump. Attacks against enemies of the people (politicians, journalists, prominent anti-Right spokes people).
Attacks outside of urban areas in red states are unlikely--who would they be attacking (maybe some woke teachers/school administrators seem the most likely).
It will take the form initially of riots and terroristic attacks. Even if it isn't spontaneous, the narrative requires it to look spontaneous and to be directed at specifically egregious examples of the enemy. Righteous anger spontaneously addressed, needful action to uphold law and order (even though you are attacking courts, police, and government).
A lot of this will be testing the waters--to see how the authorities respond and whether it triggers action by others (and to what degree).
The RWM (Tucker et al) will respond with, it is so horrible that these patriots and great Americans have been forced into this, if you don't do what they want who knows what further terrible things will happen...
This won't be like the Civil War--there are no clear dividing lines on a state administrative basis (states). It will be akin to what you see in third world countries that aren't quite to the point of state collapse--endemic low level violence. occasional larger attacks and riots, targeted assassinations.
Yeah, our system is set up for two parties. That may not have been intended, but that is definitely how it works. That's one of the reasons I'm a big fan of ranked choice voting. It won't solve every problem, but it might just allow for the emergence of more political options.
Going to say it again... the violence is coming. Be prepared.
And people should (strangely enough) hope that it arrives BEFORE 2024 election mess, when we have adults in charge who might do something (legally) about it. If it goes down during the 2024 election or transition period, who knows where we will end up.
I am hoping beyond hope that the GoP has managed to screw themselves over enough through candidate selection and stupidity that the D's retain the Senate and MAYBE even the House. D's have been working fairly hard to not make that happen in some respects, as usual.
Were they always that inept and lazy? Or did they just get that way through decadence and inertia?
I am sometimes amazed at how much control these seemingly two rather inept institutions have over our politics... and even more amazed that we willfully and happily let them have that control so we don't have to actually think much.
If it wasn't them, though, I guess it would just be two similar groups (and only two).
I hear and have heard you. So... will it be violence everywhere or only in the purple states? Your thoughts? And if you've expressed in earlier comment sections, apologies. I'm don't read the comments on a daily basis. Those pesky life choices get in the way.
Hard to tell exactly where or how widespread... you can certainly expect riots tending to violence at specific sites associated with "attacks" on MAGAts or Trump. Attacks against enemies of the people (politicians, journalists, prominent anti-Right spokes people).
Attacks outside of urban areas in red states are unlikely--who would they be attacking (maybe some woke teachers/school administrators seem the most likely).
It will take the form initially of riots and terroristic attacks. Even if it isn't spontaneous, the narrative requires it to look spontaneous and to be directed at specifically egregious examples of the enemy. Righteous anger spontaneously addressed, needful action to uphold law and order (even though you are attacking courts, police, and government).
A lot of this will be testing the waters--to see how the authorities respond and whether it triggers action by others (and to what degree).
The RWM (Tucker et al) will respond with, it is so horrible that these patriots and great Americans have been forced into this, if you don't do what they want who knows what further terrible things will happen...
This won't be like the Civil War--there are no clear dividing lines on a state administrative basis (states). It will be akin to what you see in third world countries that aren't quite to the point of state collapse--endemic low level violence. occasional larger attacks and riots, targeted assassinations.
Yeah, our system is set up for two parties. That may not have been intended, but that is definitely how it works. That's one of the reasons I'm a big fan of ranked choice voting. It won't solve every problem, but it might just allow for the emergence of more political options.