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Honestly at this rate, just start the fucking civil war already. I'd rather go hungry and fight than be pinned by fascists. They're not playing by the rules, and they intend to do us harm. Fuck that. I've got faith in us anyway, we're smart enough to not fall for their obvious horseshit and we're smart enough to win if it comes to it.
I fear the civil war has already started, just without the shooting each other part. Although that's kinda already happening too.
It's not a civil war and I don't think it'll become one. The modern US isn't geographically separated enough to have any sort of cohesive movement locally. There's no north vs south playing out, for example.
Instead, what you have is a slow-rolling coup and social instability.
Just because our previous civil war involved a relatively simple geographical separation, doesn't mean it's necessary for a civil war.
The only thing you need is two (or more) sides with opposing beliefs about how the country should run and who should run it, and that said beliefs are strong enough that people are willing to use violence to ensure that their side wins.
Geography has nothing to do with it.
Coast vs interior
By that logic the civil war started decades ago