People think that the Civil War just happened. That just instantly one day we were one country and the next day we were two countries shooting each other. The forget the months that passed between secession and the war. A lot happened. Not enough people pay attention to all the things that did happen.
Civil War is probably the closer comparison in this case, but this slower than expected timelines fits with the American Revolution as well.
I see people that think the founding fathers would have already filled the ground with the bodies of traitors by now. The thing is there were years of unrest, little mini rebellions, and attempts at peaceful diplomacy before the full on war and Declaration of Independence happened. I'd probably say the Stamp Act Congress (1765) was the first formal stab at putting together a resistance, and that was a full decade before the war really took off. In today's world I'd argue we aren't even to that point yet.
So what does the road to that point look like from here?
I'm seeing an awful lot of calls for police violence from Leftbook. It seems people won't be happy until anyone who ever supported Trump is rounded up and executed.
Personal opinion, I think we see a focus on going after the big fish, meaning the politicians and the public agitators. Whether this is by criminal proceedings or aggressive censorship, just to try to shut things down and send a message to the small fish. This will agitate some of them more and scare others. I could see some states start to talk amongst themselves and push back a bit too, but I don't have a ton of expectation there yet. What I really think the issue is today there really isn't a majority that are ready to go to those levels. There's a lot, but not a majority. You've got this huge bloc of leftists plus a not small group of conservatives that won't go there. Many of the latter voted for Trump but a vote for Trump does not mean ready to go to war.
If I were to stick with the Revolution events from history, things like the Boston Massacre (1769 I think) where the standing British army (i.e. the police) and the people got into a spat that resulted in some bloodshed. It's not like that was the only time it happened either, that just being a notable one. All in all, things may not follow the same pattern or particular order. I do think things will go faster in the technology age we are in now where information is instant. Also the Civil War might be a better parallel to look at, I'm just not as knowledgeable about the timeline and events that set it in motion. I know there was a lot of BS in Congress before we even got to secession.
People think that the Civil War just happened. That just instantly one day we were one country and the next day we were two countries shooting each other. The forget the months that passed between secession and the war. A lot happened. Not enough people pay attention to all the things that did happen.
Civil War is probably the closer comparison in this case, but this slower than expected timelines fits with the American Revolution as well.
I see people that think the founding fathers would have already filled the ground with the bodies of traitors by now. The thing is there were years of unrest, little mini rebellions, and attempts at peaceful diplomacy before the full on war and Declaration of Independence happened. I'd probably say the Stamp Act Congress (1765) was the first formal stab at putting together a resistance, and that was a full decade before the war really took off. In today's world I'd argue we aren't even to that point yet.
So what does the road to that point look like from here?
I'm seeing an awful lot of calls for police violence from Leftbook. It seems people won't be happy until anyone who ever supported Trump is rounded up and executed.
Personal opinion, I think we see a focus on going after the big fish, meaning the politicians and the public agitators. Whether this is by criminal proceedings or aggressive censorship, just to try to shut things down and send a message to the small fish. This will agitate some of them more and scare others. I could see some states start to talk amongst themselves and push back a bit too, but I don't have a ton of expectation there yet. What I really think the issue is today there really isn't a majority that are ready to go to those levels. There's a lot, but not a majority. You've got this huge bloc of leftists plus a not small group of conservatives that won't go there. Many of the latter voted for Trump but a vote for Trump does not mean ready to go to war.
If I were to stick with the Revolution events from history, things like the Boston Massacre (1769 I think) where the standing British army (i.e. the police) and the people got into a spat that resulted in some bloodshed. It's not like that was the only time it happened either, that just being a notable one. All in all, things may not follow the same pattern or particular order. I do think things will go faster in the technology age we are in now where information is instant. Also the Civil War might be a better parallel to look at, I'm just not as knowledgeable about the timeline and events that set it in motion. I know there was a lot of BS in Congress before we even got to secession.