People keep talking about “Federalizing the National Guard” and now you’ve got other States pledging their NG to Texas in defiance of the Supreme Court (see image).
So is this what CW2 looks like?
P.S. I’m a Brit
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Ayo check out the Cornfederacy up there!
who’s the Youtuber in the bottom right
It’s Hasan Piker aka Hasanabi
The Governors are unserious idiots playing with fire hoping they won’t get burned by a rando of their idiot base taking it too far.
The real risk for Americans remains a situation like The Troubles, not armed conflict between states and the federal government.
More people need to track to your point about The Troubles. It’s where I’d think things progress.
Ain’t no way this is actually going to happen, any attempt at succession will be put down by the much larger national military. There will be no civil war.
If any deep red states try to leave, why not just let them?
If they vote on it Brexit style it will be one thing. If 51% of the population shows up and votes 51% to leave we can consider it. Wait until that happens.
It’s violating the will of the people. They’re removing people from their country without consent or notice; no referendum nor opportunity to leave.
Eh there won’t be an organized civil war of large standing armies, but I can definitely see the Redneck militias doing some damage. If it dragged on long enough they could theoretically get organized somehow.
I really doubt that the politicians in the GOP states want a Civil war though, it is gonna be hard to extract wealth from the poor if the whole system explodes.i also notice nobody mentions the possibility that cartels could try to take advantage of any significant unrest in some states. i doubt states or feds want that mess.
The US is the next empire to fall. I am a US citizen and i am taking steps to GTFO if needed. I have an e-residency and ID card from another nation and am working up to the investment for full citizenship.
I mean, the issue is that most of the rest of the so called free World (and in my opinion correctly so), especially Europe, depends on the US for defence, specially weapon production. Despite France constantly whining about it, insisting on strategic autonomy, as far as I am aware, when it comes to ammo production and air power, we very much depend on the US for production and designs (the design when it comes to aircraft)
If the American empire falls, it’s not going to reduce weapons production or arms sales. Decline into fascism requires more guns and bullets, as they get turned against domestic targets, while guns and oil are among the US’s best sources of external currency.
The United States military should scale way back, but the European military would have to increase because of what you mentioned with designs for specialty weapons.
We have reasonable designs for almost all weapon categories, except maybe for airplanes, with the latest being the Eurofighter which is by now a bit dated. Regarding Tanks, the German Leopard is as far as I am aware a fine piece of engineering as well as the belgian FN-SCAR. However we lack the ammo capabilities (especially when it comes to artillery shells) to ever have hope of winning a protracted war (or simply keeping Ukraine alive). (also, quick side note, France also spends a great deal of money maintaining their own nuclear arsenal and weapons delivery system, which kinda makes the UK seem a bit puny with their dependence of the US for weapon delivery)
Please explain the e-residency and id card thing. I’m in the red area and really really don’t want to be.
LordThunder: “Fuck, I’m surrounded by Republicans! Where are you going? I’ll come with!”
Shortwavesurfer: 😬
Oh, then the place I am looking at would definitely not work for you. I don’t think… Ever heard of Liberland?
Oh. Yeah. That’s gonna be a no from me dawg. Thank you for the reply though.
Just FYI, Estonia is a real country and also viable.
But I think I’d much rather stay on the 5th column.
A country run on a blockchain. Fucking yikes. I think a “ship of fools” is putting it generously.
This reminds me of Auroville, a village in India that’s supposed to be an Utopia of socialism and new humanist living. But when you look beyond the marketing and the veneer of spirituality, it’s just a bunch of people living in poverty and giving their money to a group of leeches.
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A lotta people’s shitty 2nd amendment logic is about to be tested.
Hm… I should get a gun. And a passport.
Skip the gun. No civilized country will let you have it.
Need something for on the way to the airport
A car is probably better to go to the airport.
A car with guns fastened to it.
yes but they can shoot behind them the whole time offering small but important time savings from the boost it provides
Finland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, etc.
The only thing is that they won’t allow you to import guns you already have. You have to buy new ones there
I mean, all a politician has to do is say “I will oppose Bidens open border policy” and they’ll win an election.
All Biden has to do is not allow an open border with Mexico, and he might have a chance of getting re-elected.
Nah, just giving Texas back to Mexico.
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Look how the military treated people in Iraq
Better than the police treats people in the US?
Joel? Is that you?
There is a fine limit on malarky, upon exceeding their malarky quota we glass texas.
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Are you Joel? I know you!
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It’s me Joel!! Don’t you recognise me?
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That#'s right! You remembered. From the restaurant in town. How are you?
“take over texas” as if the federal govt wasn’t already in control of the states. the states pay federal taxes, and they receive various federal benefits. texas isn’t some separate nation. it’s just one of the regular 50 states.
Then keep those comments to yourself
If you look at history it takes more than this. I doubt people would go to war over illegal immigrants.
Fuck Trump and his shit-headed followers forever.
