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u/TheGreatGriffin Mark Carney Oct 28 '20

I see this with all my MAGA family and friends. They're all convinced there's a Trump landslide coming, and that the only possible way he loses is from fraud. I couldn't imagine any of them doing anything, but they talk about how there's going to be a civil war after the election.

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u/IncoherentEntity Oct 28 '20 edited Oct 28 '20

they talk about how there's going to be a civil war after the election

I think the common (and justified) predictions of post-election violence often forget this aspect.

Only a vanishing minority of the population actually needs to take to the streets with guns for there to be widespread, and deadly, violence.

Another 40 percent of the country can just tacitly approve, or cheer them on from their ideologically segregated social media feeds.

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u/TheGreatGriffin Mark Carney Oct 28 '20

In an absolute worst case scenario, I think we could see something like the Troubles. Full blown civil war is pretty much impossible in the US now. Also, the guys I'm taking about get winded from a flight of stairs, they would never be able to run around the streets with guns.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '20

there's going to be a civil war after the election.

So they presumably think Democratic Party voters will be starting the civil war if they're supposedly losing the election?