Skeletor cares about your life rule

I don't think we need to be worried about full-blown civil war, but preparing for an increase in stochastic terrorism probably isn't the worst idea.

Maybe I'm being naive but I don't think we're quite at that point yet. People angry about the 2020 election were a loud minority

No, these guys are way less organized than last time and Donald Trump is getting fucked in court still. I think its less likely now than it was 4 years ago. The GOP is fracturing and losing steam. Senators and governors are still a threat but not in the civil war type of way I don't think.

For there to be a civil war, both sides need an army. The US president will have the US army, and the other side might as well have nerf guns. The civil war would last an afternoon.

If there's going to be anything, it's an increase in domestic terrorism.

You guys are giving Republicans way too much credibility.

Everyone keeps saying this, but I think good ole' Amercian laziness will win out and nothing happens.

Ever been around people when an emergency happens? People can't be bothered half the time; or they gawk...

I always like to say everyone should have a zombie survival plan. Is there any possibility of zombies? No. But there's a lot of overlap between prepping for the exciting, fictional disaster and boring, real-world natural disasters.

• Having a fireaxe in your trunk might not let you chop off zombie heads, but it'll sure be useful for clearing road debris after a hurricane.
• Having a bug-out-bag with important documents and bottled water is also great for wildfire preparedness, even if that bag also has a spiky leather jacket in it.

I encourage people to have a civil war plan. Do I expect we'll have one? Not really, it wouldn't be a two-sided conflict. But we can expect to see domestic terrorism (see also: insurrection) and potentially police riots (the police enacting organized violence as they did in 2020). If you're ready for a civil war, you're ready for the more mundane breakdowns we're more likely to see.

• Knowing first aid and how to treat a gunshot wound might not find use on a battlefield, but it could easily save someone's life in a mass shooting or isolated hate crime.
• Having ad-hoc or peer-to-peer communications is useful during riots and power outages.
• If you can move ordinance discreetly across state lines, you'll probably find the skillset applies to moving red state refugees as well.
• Building a network of people you trust to band together when SHTF? Brother, you just invented a mutual aid network.

So yeah, if you feel anxious about the possibility of a civil war (or zombies), channel that energy into prepping for it, and you'll find that even if your predictions were wrong, your effort will not go to waste.

Note: this isn't going to look like the Civil War in the 1860s with pitched battles. It's more likely going to look like The Troubles or La Violencia

So long as we have mass precarity this is going to continue to be a risk. And we're going to have to deal with renegade MAGAs and Project 2025.

After 2016, I don't trust the people of the US not to vote in fashy autocrats.

Daily reminder that memes can't predict the future.

Probably, at some point. Wealth disparity is wrecking a huge swathe of the population's way of life. They’re restless and want change.

Politically, divisiveness is continually reaching new heights. Politicians, republicans for the most part, are more reactionary and less productive. They are now fueling the fear and anger of their constituents and it won’t end well.

I’m not saying you’re wrong but this feels like a super-Russian national subversion ploy.

I don't know about likely but you should be prepared for civil unrest.

I can already hear the gunshots as the polls are announced. I live in a Red State.

Come to Canada, y’all

Bad goes to worse, I do have the option of getting citizenship in the Dominican Republic via my parents.

It's not exactly an upgrade, but I'll take it over being stuck state-side.

What safety plan? We can already get shot at Walmart.

Doubt it. Of course skeletor is going to say that.

Yeah I don't know about "likely" but it's not a bad thing to have.

Project 2025?

We can't be certan that that'll happen, but no matter if it does, or where you live, shit's gonna get wild sooner or later. Global warming is getting worse and worse as I'm typing this, wars and straight up genocides are happening everywhere, and fascism is on the rise. Stay safe, for in the case we as a species survive this shitstorm, future generations will rise again. If we don't, then good night everyone.

I left the country to study abroad in 2012, and after 2016 was firmly in the camp of never moving back

After, no doubt, but how soon? Whoever has control of the major bulk of the military writes the next version of the US though because as much as Cleatus & Co want to think otherwise their stash of AR15s isn't going to to a damn thing if a tank is rolling up the street.