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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by mcntsh on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:00AM (#29064082)
I don't understand why people think the economic situation in the US is bad enough to warrant a civil war. This "prediction" doesn't seem to be based in any type of logic at all – mostly fantasy.
Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by taylus on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:18AM (#29064173)
alt-righters love to larp about civil war, ton of them in this thread
Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by mikewarot on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:36AM (#29064256)
>alt-righters love to larp about civil war, ton of them in this thread

Oh, yeah, they sure do. What happens when everyone eventually figures out politics is pro wrestling, and the same donor class runs the whole show? The fake left/right divide goes away, and the rich find themselves outnumbered, and their money won't buy them a way out.

Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by pessimizer on Monday November 01, 2021 @10:30AM (#29067026)
> their money won't buy them a way out.

It definitely will. The only civil war could be working-class cops and PMCs against people who are paid by the hour, who have to show up with an hour's notice, who have their urine tested, who have their complaints about discrimination and dangerous conditions ignored, and who are fired at will - and that war is always going on.

Wealthy people will (do) rely on people with guns to protect their physical vicinity, and the technology, organization, and propaganda provided by the people posting on this thread to multiply the effort of the people with guns.

edit: I bet you could have a civil war in the US that wouldn't affect the financial industry or the wealthy at all, even while the war was going on. Personal security would just become one of those things that people looking for jobs at FAANGs would expect as part of the package.

Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by pjc50 on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:14AM (#29064471)
> What happens when everyone eventually figures out politics is pro wrestling

Cheer louder? People love that stuff.

I'm more worried about the people who think the pro wrestling is real and end up storming government buildings on that basis.

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Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by taylus on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:33AM (#29064249)
whatever you say, 10 minute old account
Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by imtringued on Monday November 01, 2021 @06:30AM (#29064943)
If we were still on the gold standard there would be a civil war. Right now the debt backed fiat system is flexible enough to avoid such a worst case scenario.
Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by ReptileMan on Monday November 01, 2021 @04:29AM (#29064225)
While full blown civil war is unlikely, there are good conditions for nasty stuff to happen. Political hypocrisy, dehumanization of the other tribe (both sides), coupled with worsening economic conditions and lots of young men that can't participate in society is rarely recipe for prosperity. Throw in some two years of lockdowns and a lot of tensions everywhere - chances for low key violence increasing across the board are not low.

Biden couldn't deliver one of his most important implicit promises - that will deescalate the culture war and return to normal. So far things has intensified.

We are in for a bumpy ride.

Re:Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the govern... by anoonmoose on Monday November 01, 2021 @09:33AM (#29066453)
Don't know if I agree that things have intensified since Biden came to office...in my anecdotal and possibly siloed experience it feels like things have calmed down significantly for one side and stayed about the same or decreased slightly for the other side. Maybe it's recency bias, and I'm comparing too much to 2020 when everything was extremely heated. But generally I feel like the left and right were both screaming in 2020 and now it's like 10% of the left and 90% of the right.