Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.atheism Subject: Re: Billionaires Say There'll Be A CIVIL WAR If They Don't Get Trump's Big Tax Cut Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 22:14:35 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1511904"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 3933 Lines: 66 On Sat, 18 May 2024, BTR1701 wrote: > In article , > The Corp wrote: > >> Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has raised concerns about the future of the >> United States, saying the current political climate has created a one-in- >> three chance for civil war. >> >> In an interview with The Financial Times this week, Mr Dalio described how >> the polarization of American politics has contributed to an extremely >> turbulen time in history. >> >> "We are now on the brink," Mr Dalio told the news outlet, adding that he >> sees a 35 to 40% probability of a second civil war. >> >> He clarified that the civil war he sees is not one where people "grab >> guns and start shooting" but one where people stop seeing the middle ground >> in politics. But he imagines, "People move to different states that are >> more aligned with what they want and they don't follow the decisions of >> federal authorities of the opposite political persuasion," Mr Dalio said. > > Oh, you mean like 'sanctuary cities'? > >> Studies have shown that Americans are growing more politically polarized >> now than ever before. A Pew Research Poll found that only 32% of >> Americans have a roughly equal number of conservative and liberal positions >> -- compared to 49% in 2004. >> >> Contentious election cycles are becoming more common, which contributes to >> the growing rift between both political parties. >> >> Social media has made it easy for like-minded extremists to connect and >> support each other which emboldens people to take radical action. Like >> those who organized protests and eventually stormed the Capitol on January >> 6, 2021. > > Notice how this author only uses examples of Republican violence. > > No mention whatsoever of an entire summer full of cities on fire, > businesses smashed and looted, people killed. Leftists taking over > entire sections of a city, declaring it off limits to police, fire, and > EMS, patrolling it with "assault rifles" (which are supposedly anathema > to the left), then committing all manner of crime inside its boundaries, > to include rape and murder. And all with the tacit (and often overt) > approval of leftist government officials, news media, and celebrities. > > But the media is objective and unbiased. Just ask them, they'll tell you > so. > Note that FT is a european newspaper, hence it is very common with the Trump is satan narrative. I think the only "right" country in europe is probably switzerland and a few countries in eastern europe. In those countries newspapers you will read about what faults of the democrats. As for the prediction I don't think it is unfeasible that there will be bigger moves to more freedom-oriented states. If any of those states will then choose to disregard the central government, it will become very interesting to see what will happen. I very much doubt they will send military men against their own, that will only makes things worse.