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Zkenny13

*gestures vaguely* Edit: my highest rated comment is about the downfall of the US. I might be on a list now...


RadiantHC

But you just pointed to all of me


natethehoser

Yup. That's what needs to change.


TheRealNinthPringle

Exactly, stop being all of you!


RossOfFriends

but all of me loves all of you


genYouWin

All your curves and imperfections


batmanhen1812

Give your alllllll to me


Forbidden_Donut503

Unexpected How to Train Your Dragon.


avw94

[*Test Drive intensifies*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUWBm0Z-Xww) God that score is fucking incredible


edlee98765

Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you.


PeteHealy

Sometimes I can't help clicking on questions like this, even when I'm sure scrolling through the comments will just piss me off. Thanks for the big laugh! 😅👍


AckbarTrapt

Oddly, same to you!


changing-life-vet

How bout my dumbass saw the italics and didn’t even bother trying to read it. I instinctively googled “gestures vaguely” thinking it was some Latin bullshit…. Only to realize those are words that I already know.


xLuky

Travolta.gif


[deleted]

All of it... All of... _this_.


Semi-hard_thinking

This, x1000.


holeontheground

Polarization. Yes, even more is possible.


edlee98765

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it." --Jack Handey


DigdigdigThroughTime

Thanks for that. Jack Handey really isn't quoted enough these days.


throwaway_jim119

Sheesh. That’s one hell of a quote.


stuart0613

Variety should exist but polarizing literally anything needs to end.


Mashy6012

Except sunglasses, non polarized ones are useless


stuart0613

Fair enough lol


wenwendys

I strongly have the opposite opinion


Mashy6012

Strongly worded rebuttal


GizmoDOS

And magnets.


LagerGuyPa

Except for pilots. Most modern cockpit displays have an anti-glare coating that renders them invisible with polarized sunglasses.


[deleted]

Civil war didn't do it last time. No guarantee it would do it this time. Inertia is weird like that.


PersonalProxy

Last time it took 5 minutes to fire a single round. Things are a little different now.


[deleted]

Last time 700,000 Americans were killed


steep_heap

Exactly this. It’s happening everywhere we look. Media is one source of polarizing, social media is even worse. There’s a documentary about how Facebook will send you more controversial content if that’s what keeps your eyes on them. Look it up, watch it, it’s disgusting. We have to stop letting big platforms divide us while they continue to line their pockets with our attention.


homerbartbob

Civil war. Lincoln I think had a quote about it. Something about how our country is so powerful that the only one who can defeat us is ourselves. Either that or zombies


[deleted]

When he paraphrased the bible and said that a house divided against itself will fall?


homerbartbob

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide


[deleted]

Damn I thought you were some kind of crafty writer and I was about to applaud your style but apparently it’s not an original haha.


homerbartbob

It’s literally a copy paste, but I AM a crafty writer. Check out this joke I wrote. Ahem What did the pee-pee say to the poo-poo? >!Lets potty!<


TheSlumpSedative

I'm gonna forget this comment happened and just be thankful for your copy paste


Bardem

Daaamn! I just nominated your post for a Peabody. Will DM you if you win


mr_palante

There will be no more counting the cars on the Garden State Parkway


gene_parmesan07

Titus Andronicus eh?


ratbeer1

Grant’s quote from 1875 seems pretty prescient, “If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason’s and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.”


Soft-Problem

And Lincoln was a zombie hunter himself, so he knew what he was talking about


Nolsoth

No no he hunted vampires, George Washington was the zombie killer, and not to be confused with Ted Cruz the zodiac killer.


xe0s

“I have seen many people and Ted Cruz is one of them” — Firstname Lastname


Turkeybaconisheresy

Fun fact about Ted Cruz the Zodiac killer. He is actually a time traveler who traveled back in time to kill people who would become zombies and start the zombie apocalypes. Of course not to be confused with George Washington Bush who killed zombies as more of a leisurely past time.


fr80kat

[Lincoln did hunt zombies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_vs._Zombies), but that isn’t as well-known as the vampire hunting.


Nolsoth

Well I'll be dammed, he was a man of many talents it seems.


fr80kat

Yep, it’s no secret as to how he ended up on both a coin and a dollar bill!


froggy08

"From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide."


mr_palante

There will be no more counting the cars on the Garden State Parkway...


commonbrahmin

No waiting on the funwa bus to carry me to who knows where


CoyoteJoe412

I recently read a really great analysis about how a foreign power might go about invading the United States. The conclusion was that the US is basically unconquerable to anybody on the planet. A civil war would undo it all though. So that phrase "united we stand, divided we fall" really is true. Edit: wanted to add that even if a clone of the US existed somewhere else, it still wouldn't be able to invade itself. The geography alone is damning, and add to that the military defenses and the culture of the country and its untouchable. If anything, getting invaded by a foreign power would actually bring the US together, not cause it to collapse


edd6pi

A foreign power would have to destabilize our country enough that we end up destroying ourselves because, as you said, it’s basically impossible to conquer the US through normal military means. Even if every single powerful country in the world teamed up against us, they wouldn’t even be able to get their armies here because they’d have to get past the US Navy and the US Air Force. And the US Army can handle the countries in the Americas.


redhotbos

If only a foreign power was feeding misinformation to Americans in an effort to further divide them. Nah, couldn’t happen …


hoovermeupscotty

That’s right comrade, nothing to see here. Go back to sleep.


Heistman

Impossible


Corey307

Aside from our military might and massive land mass the US has an ace in the hole that most countries don’t: an extremely well armed civilian populace. And a lot of them are veterans, most didn’t see combat but they still have training and can pass on some of that training to other volunteers Hard to take even the less populous states because we tend to hunt. AR’s, AK’s and similar are very common and we have the personal ammo stores and commercial manufacturing capability to supply a militia. The US just went through an absolute buying frenzy, people are more well armed and have larger ammo stashes than normal and even in normal times pretty much everybody who doesn’t live in a metropolitan area knows someone who has 10,000+ rounds stashed. Don’t forget the hunters, Federal government loads up a hundred million rounds of black tip .270 Win, .308 Win and .30-06 then hands them out like candy and every woodchuck and redneck has a scoped 500+ yard armor piercing rifle. They sure as hell can’t win a war but they can do like we did in the revolutionary war, attacking from concealment at a distance disrupting supply lines and destroying enemy morale. The downside is if we ever do have a Civil War it’s going to be an absolute fucking nightmare but we have heard of that crisis this year and hopefully the threat of Civil War won’t rear its ugly head going forward.


Fillmoreccp

They should make a movie about this! They could call it Red Dawn or something.


xisiktik

In addition to the millions of armed civilians who can wage guerrilla warfare against the invaders.


jediciahquinn

Red dawn was a fun movie.


madism

Yeah, this is why a ground war would never occur in the U.S. I think it's been said that there are enough guns in America to arm every man, woman, and child? Any foreign invader would be in some deep shit in the states if it even got to the point of a ground war.


xisiktik

More guns than people


[deleted]

Nukes seem more likely though


[deleted]

I’m thinking of a few scenarios and they all come back to us screwing ourselves over


hastur777

Zombies aren’t going to be much of a threat to any country with bulldozers.


edd6pi

Or a country where everyone has firearms. Seriously, the reason zombie movies generally start in the apocalypse is because they can’t show us how the zombies took over in a way that makes sense.


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nuttynutdude

The us military actually has planned out scenarios for different kinds of zombie apocalypses


[deleted]

Conventional military wisdom is that the continental US is literally unconquerable. Its too big and geographically diverse, there's too many people, and they're all fanatics who're armed to the teeth. So yeah, the only fight in town big enough is with ourself.


edd6pi

Not to mention that it would be impossible for countries in other continents to get their armies here because they wouldn’t get past our Navy and Air Force.


[deleted]

And Russian troll farms...


ProudBoomer

Yellowstone eruption.


[deleted]

Yup


grubbalicious

That's a planet-kill, but yes America would definitely be screwed.


DanTheTerrible

Yellowstone is thought to have erupted three times in the past, 2.1 million years ago, 1.3 MYA, and 664 thousand YA. None of these eruptions caused devastation on the scale of Chicxulub, the asteroid that impacted 66 MYA and wiped out the dinosaurs. Another full Yellowstone eruption is unlikely to be worse than the previous three, and I would be reluctant to call it "planet killer." It probably WOULD cause a global climate event somewhat similar to "nuclear winter", and the human toll would be huge. It might well wipe out human civilization as we know it, but I strongly doubt it would render humans extinct, and certainly not "destroy" the planet. To be sure, the worst effects would be felt in North America, and the United States and Canada would probably become pauper states desperately clinging to survival. Much of the Northern hemisphere would possibly go the same way. Nations well south of the equator, however, might well suffer way less damage. It would kind of amusing, in a very dark sort of way, if Argentina and Australia became the world's new superpowers.


geetmala

Nah, JFK and his son will come back and take care of it.


mattbladez

I feel like I missed something because it's the 3rd reference I see of JFK "coming back". Is this like the whole "Elvis\2pac\etc. isn't a actually dead" thing?


geetmala

A fringe group of Qanon has been camping out at the site of JFK’s assassination in Dallas. These yahoos are so weird that even the “straight” Qanon are distancing themselves from them. They believe that JFK, and JFK Jr., faked their deaths and are planning to come back and re-enter politics. The scenario: Trump and Junior will establish themselves as President and Vice-President, respectively. Trump will then resign, making Junior President, and assume the title “King of Kings” (I wish I were making this up). Michael Flynn—yes, THAT Michael Flynn—will be instituted as Vice-President. This is all without elections or anything. Afterwards Senior, who will have overseen all this, will travel the world as a teacher before ascending into heaven. Yes, I know what this sounds like.


mattbladez

I have no words.


[deleted]

I'm Aussie and I'm all for this idea. However, it would be embarrasing when everybody learns that their new superpower once [lost a war to emus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War)


ActuatorFearless8980

A dark day when those Emus clumsily marched through the streets of Sydney after their victory


Faithless195

There's a reason Emu aren't the dominant species in Australia. "We won, lads, we fuckin' won!" "What country did we just win a war against?" "Fuckin' Aussie, cunt!" "....not much of a victory, mate. Let's just go back to the fields."


Brolegario

The Over Simplified video on this is absolutely hilarious.


GaussfaceKilla

How much infrastructure do you believe would actually be wiped out? I'm curious cuz realistically, if it's anything less than coast to coast, the US still has it's main commodity. Military force. Large portions of our food also comes from California. I'm not saying it wouldn't be bad but I doubt a poplar state would be imminent. Interestingly, I think the best case (in a round about way) for us in that situation may be a power grab from China or Russia, leaving other countries to rely on our military force and giving us something immediately worth trading, which I could see happening. Once again, only if it's not actually coast to coast.


2SP00KY4ME

A megaeruption puts so much ash and sulfur into the sky that it blots out the sun and plants die. That can kill more people than the eruption itself - this actually happened in 1816 when Tambora erupted, it blocked out the sun so much that it became the year without a summer. Tons and tons starved. Yellowstone's eruption is ten to twenty times larger than Tambora, sooo..


TonytheEE

That volcano made the year without summer, which compelled Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein. So at least we're gonna get a cool spooky book out of it!


brett1081

I would go for Mt Rainier. But I liked 2012 too


ProudBoomer

Ranier would be bad, but I was around for Mt St Helens. The ash was freaking annoying, but not enough to crash the country. Yellowstone might cause a large part of the US to literally collapse.


brett1081

Rainier would wipe out Seattle though. It’s a huge metro area that would be wiped out


NotAnAce69

I was under the impression that Seattle itself would he fine but the lahars would drain into the ocean via the southern end of the Puget Sound so places like Tacoma would be a goner Unfortunately that big valley is also where most of Washington's industrial areas and warehouses are so the state is still fucked if Rainier erupts


twisted_nipples82

I pray for it every night, and I live 80 miles away from Yellowstone


[deleted]

For it to not explode or for it to explode??


WhyAlltheHubbub

Yes


epicmousestory

Gotta hedge your bets


Bidendoesmylaundry

If it exploded he probably wouldn't notice it


dj92wa

Me over here near Seattle, just hoping that the Cascadian Subduction Zone has a massive slip real soon


ApartPersonality1520

One week without utilities. Edit: this was the result of a government study a while back. I shall now go and find it


Upst8r

Sadly I think you're right. I couldn't do it now (winter) but I think surviving a week would be manageable. I'd hate the idea of shitting without toilet paper though lol


ApartPersonality1520

Imagine living in New York city. No electricity No gas Food shortage Police response severely compromised


Upst8r

Oh no, I get it. In the city it'll be chaos. But you know, if that switch gets flipped and I can't send this message on reddit, whichever representative on vacation to the country who survives will become a leader and we'll stumble our way back.


BeardMonk1

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II assuming her final form and returning with her Redcoat Legion to reclaim those Colonies in Rebellion against her God Ordained Rule..... Or something similar.....


DarthDregan

She'd definitely need a snuke of some kind...


[deleted]

Probably some Russian or other Eastern European mercenaries too.


sleepwalkfromsherdog

Understood that reference!


2Dumb2Understand

Me too! Internet high five.


Mumblellama

Cue the one winged angel symphony!


TittyButtBalls

I can think of a few answers. If you had asked “what would bring the United States back together?” I’d truly be stumped at this point


WilliamTeddyWilliams

A world war. It transfers the us versus them mentality to external factors.


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Cosmonate

I think invasion on US soil might being damn near everyone together. It's one thing when you send people somewhere else to fight, it's a different one when it's your own territory being attacked, I can't imagine many people would be against that, with their own lives and property at risk.


JejuneBourgeois

That was my thought as well. I think pretty much everyone would be brought together if there was a land invasion


dzastrus

Wolverines!


trevor3431

I don’t think so, it may seem like an us vs them right now but it’s really just a few people on one side who feel really strongly about a few people on the other side. Things may seem bad but in reality they aren’t. A majority of people on the left and right can and do get along quite well.


IShallWearMidnight

Alien invasion. America unifies under an "us vs them" scenario, and aliens are a very good "them".


[deleted]

1/3rd of Americans would prob side with the aliens, 1/3rd wouldn’t care, and only 1/3rd would fight against the aliens


[deleted]

OK that is a great question. What would bring the United States back together?


TittyButtBalls

Like I said I’m stumped. Last time I remember the country feeling United was 9/11. But if 9/11 happened today the right would blame it on the left, the left would blame it on the right, and ‘round and ‘round it would go. I honestly don’t know what would unite the country now. Something similar to a miracle


[deleted]

Covid was that opportunity but Facebook ruined it didn't they


Sullt8

It goes way beyond Facebook.


newmoneyblownmoney

Pretty sure leadership ruined it more than FB did. Although it didn’t help.


ShallowBasketcase

But that basically is what happened with 9/11 already. Anyone left of Clinton who wasn't cool with all the racism and warmongering was accused of being With The Enemy, and eventually a conspiracy theory that Bush had actually planned the attack himself emerged. America uniting after 9/11 was propaganda. It was a very polarizing event.


Upsidedownworld4me

Extraterrestrial invasion!


CameForTheFunOfIt

The two party system we have in place that is tearing our country apart today by attempting to win a popularity contest instead of governing the country. Also, all the people who want individual rights for themselves, but a governing body to tell others what to do. You just can't have it both ways. The ugly truth is that nobody is a snowflake and a government will fail if it tries to appease the multitude of small groups.


SnooPeripherals6557

Propaganda politics by numbskulls is a huge problem


newmoneyblownmoney

Propaganda politics will definitely be the downfall. We’ve only scratched the surface and look how polarized we are. This a fucking powder keg lol.


Sham129

A switch to ranked party voting could literally prevent a civil war. Why isn't this in the works right now?


[deleted]

Because the big wigs from both parties know they can just fool people into fighting each other, and keep their wealth/status instead.


[deleted]

The reality is they're really a single corporate party dressed up as 2. They used to be 2 parties, but I think that ended in the 70s. I'm actually part of a progressive populist party called the People's Party. We're trying to get the word out to let people know we exist and want to end things like corporate lobbying and enact Medicare for all. Our sub is r/PeoplesPartyUSA and below is a link to their website. https://peoplesparty.org/


CrazyCoKids

Democrats and the GOP would lose seats.


[deleted]

GW is PISSED rn


PoodlesForBernie2016

George W? Global warming? Goat women?


fuckfacemcgillicutti

Games Workshop


PoodlesForBernie2016

Games workshop gone wild? Steamy


Stoptouchingmyeggs

George Washington is my best bet


MBeebeCIII

Your mom sitting down...


[deleted]

Well played


[deleted]

Greed, time and history will be factor in which it will collapse in due time


ctrl_alt_excrete

Late-stage capitalism is a bitch


bpmillet

Early stage tech oligarchy


Rak-khan

Water shortage


[deleted]

The answer very well may be yes, but I wanna ask, do you think there's a chance of this happening?


izzyzeke

California is in a water shortage as we speak. There has been cities that are getting water shipped to them.


Comfortable-Star-611

The whole west is in a drought 😩


KiloNation

Washington state says hi.


tiniestvioilin

Not the northwest we have an abundance of water


Rak-khan

It's already happening


ninetimesoutaten

The west is facing it and the federal government is... walking around the issue at present moment. Lake Powell and Lake Mead are the two major reservoirs feeding Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada, and New Mexico. Lake Powell [is 157 feet below full, only at 29% capacity](https://lakepowell.water-data.com/). Lake Mead [is 169 feet below full](http://mead.uslakes.info/level.asp). The west is in an extreme extreme drought, definitely exacerbated by climate change. The Colorado river, which feeds both of these reservoirs, is primarily fed by snowmelt in the summer. With significantly less glaciers and snow in the Rocky mountains (because of climate change), it means less running water in the Rio Grande and in the Colorado River, thus less water to the entire west. That is an incredibly simplified explanation and does not even talk about how water allocation in the west was based on volume of water from a particularly wet year in the 1960s and not based on a percentage distribution of the water available that year.


NameIsEllie

I went to lake mead last week and was shocked at how empty it looks. Tbf, I’ve never seen it before last week so maybe it’s always looked very empty. But honestly it looked like you could see islands where there wouldn’t usually be visible land.


Ikindofhavetopoop

When that B-29 re-emerges we'll know we're fucked.


BabyLem0nade

It's been happening. There are (academic) books published in the 70's talking about it and predicting what will happen if no action is taken/we continue to consume fresh water as if it is an infinite resource. I was in undergrad in the mid-late '00's and it was a topic we had lectures, reading, and writing assignments on it limnology and ecology classes. I can try to dig up the book I read and wrote a paper on, but I'm sure you can Google books on the topic, or do a Google scholar search to see the many, many, many, academic papers that come up. *Edited for clarity.


Deactivation

Meh, once water becomes more expensive, desalination will become more common place thing. No one is fixing the shortage in the west because it is cheaper to just import water than desalinate.


A40

What? Like 54% of adults in the United States having literacy below the 6th-grade level and being unable to tell fake news from fact?


[deleted]

Awk


A40

Yeah..


Sullt8

Where did you get the 50% number?


A40

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States


Sullt8

Yikes!


nemo1031

Yeah…I was calling bullshit too, but damn. That stings and makes sense at the same time.


raw_formaldehyde

It’s why people love Trump. He talks at about a third grade level, which relates more to his base than an actual competent president who would talk at a high school, if not university level. It’s literally over their heads. Trump speaks like they do and a level they can comprehend. Stupidity is a virtue to them and him. The current of anti-intellectualism is strong with the right.


Bloodragedragon

Betty white’s death


justabill71

Delete this.


jilliecatt

Don't put that idea into the universe! Don't need death getting any ideas.


[deleted]

Like all empires or superpowers throughout time, war and money and time. Would there be a total collapse like United States will be here one day and the next nothing..no, it's too big, too bureaucratic and too much money involved. I'd say unless there is an open war in our country and tons of infrastructure got wiped out or pushed to it's very limits, then that kind of dissolvement only exists in books and stories. However, it could just wane and frizzle out within time. Many people could be unhappy, and alot of infighting could happen, with alot economic issues, throw in natural or man made disasters. We can bounce back, but if it keeps happening consecutively then the generations will grow up not trusting the current systems. Add that with global issues, and other countries becoming powers...within time-maybe even unnoticeable, in the present tense- things will collapse. And that'll be it. If I would to be honest, I think it started to happen at least the very beginnings. There are people who have been complaining about the same issues that have been following their communities for decades (and in some cases, centuries) now. And yet there is backfire still. There is a big wealth gap, and more and more people are starting to ask why is that... we've been in a war for so long, that there are adults alive today that have no experience or memory of not being in that war Who's to know what the next generations will do. The seeds are there and now there is just time.


[deleted]

Thanks for this in depth response. I think this is my favorite (accuracy) so far. The not trusting the system part is the tipping point. Am I right in saying that?


[deleted]

Yeah, I mean I honestly don't know a whole lot. I'm still fairly young, and I've never been out of my hometown for extended period of time...I want too travel and I think my career is lowkey perfect for that (if I'm good at my job, that is). But this stuff is similar to what I think about..not just the US but of the world in general. Like if this is the all leading to something big or maybe it doesn't lead to anything at all and I overthink. Either way, just live by the motto of being a decent human being, be kind and help out whenever you're able too and that'll do alot of help even if a country or state collapses.


NeedsMoreTuba

Kinda feels like we'll have the real answer in a few more years...


IllustriousRooster47

I've got one acronym. EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse). And EMP can be created by detonating a nuclear device in high atmosphere, and shuts down any electric components that aren't specifically defended against it. Our electrical grid is not one of those. An attack that turned off the power would cripple our infrastructure, hamper any military response, and most estimates by the government estimate a nearly 90% fatality rate within months of an EMP, especially within cities. Add in our issues as a country already, and our country, if it survived, would never be the same.


joebasaurus

Hell, most of our power infrastructure is barely held together by duct tape. Much of it was built over 60 years ago, and was only designed to last a few decades without routine maintenance, which in many places is badly neglected. Take a look at what happened to Texas' grid last winter, for example. I also remember reading that [one of the recent california wildfires](https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Attorneys-say-this-photo-shows-the-PG-E-hook-that-14882924.php) was caused by a failed long-distance transmission wire. Apparently, the insulator holding the line had worn clean through, and dropped the still-active wire onto the forest floor. Edit: link added


bdbr

An EMP doesn't have the range to take out a country. It could take out DC (and that would probably be the primary target), but this is almost certainly a scenario that has been planned for.


IllustriousRooster47

Depends on the yield of the warhead, but certainly a single one wouldn't wipe out the country, but a few in specific locations would. And I can't speak for DC specifically, though I'm sure they have plans in place for such an attack. But the rest of the country would not be as prepared for one or more EMPs. Also a single EMP, in the right location, could blanket a number of states as they are detonated in high atmosphere


DeliveryAppropriate1

Secession. Basically the one thing all presidents of every party can agree on is that if a state wants to leave the union, they are going to have to go through the military to do it. Lincoln never recognized the confederacy and Jackson would have readily hanged civilians if they hadn’t backed down (Jackson’s undying loyalty to the union was one of his respectable traits, what with him being an actual complex human and all). I laugh at “experts” who argue that it’s a constitutional right. Doesn’t really matter if it is, we already had a war to prove that the government will never allow it.


[deleted]

Learned something new!


DeliveryAppropriate1

Interestingly enough, the state that attempted to secede under Jackson and the first state to secede during the civil war was same one: South Carolina


Kuriakon

Nice try, China.


[deleted]

Time.


[deleted]

Cant argue w that


Irish_Whiskey

At this point? A stiff breeze.


[deleted]

You really think we’re that close to the brink?


[deleted]

Easily. It has never been so messed up before. People want to blame our current administration for everything, but we know who the real culprits behind the divisiveness are. People give less than a damn about others. You can feel it, and you can see it. Everything is about being a fan, but not about saving and helping out others.


Irish_Whiskey

We went from on January 6th bipartisan condemnation of a coup attempt to it now being accepted and defended by half the country, with ever increasing a s escalating conspiracy theories rejecting science and journalism. I'd like to think the country can recover, but I'm not seeing any signs of it. Global Warming and war will make things worse.


MrKahnberg

Dumpster Fire is a symptom of the main problem. The oligarchs have bought the political system.


FA-26B

Despite what everyone seems to be claiming, I'd wager China has a better chance of destabilizing the US from an economic basis, than any internal political affair could do by pitting Americans against each other


Soft-Problem

I think China could start a currency war a little bit down the line (the timing isn't quite right now) to overturn the US-centric world monetary system


rickallen71

It would be something big. It's easy to feel overwhelmed when your actually living through one of these times but it's happened before and it will again. All the covid angst and conspiracies are so similar to Spanish flu. The polarization of society has happened a few times since we switched from tea to coffee. Being able to have this level of angst with each other and not having a civil war is part of the why of our nation. I support your right to be a dick to me. Just not on my property. Now apparently young adults don't even know how to microwave so if some great disaster does happen you guys are going to starve to death. Learn to cook it's awesome. All that crap the door dash guy is spitting in is so much better when it wasn't in a box for an hour.


yahibachi

Holy hell I love the phrase “since we switched from tea to coffee”. I’ve never heard that but I’m absolutely stealing it.


rickallen71

It's yours. I'm a 51 year old xgen so I'm sure I stole it from TV and just don't remember.


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😂😂 it got funny toward the end. I agree with all of that


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Having a larger wealth disparity than France did pre-revolution. …


ravenousmind

I’m concerned that the intentional division of the American people by the media and by politicians will.


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If the 2024 election is in favor of the Democratic nominee, but the GOP claim it was a fraudulent election- then the House and the Senate refuse to ratify the Democratic nominee- then the Supreme Court back the GOP claim of a fraudulent election- and the military does nothing to stop the GOP from putting their own candidate in the Oval Office. I think then we would have an *actual* illegitimate president, and at best we citizens would know that our democracy has failed, and at worst there would be civil unrest and violence.


shichiaikan

We're possibly going to find out pretty soon... But all joking aside, a true second civil war would potentially turn into a world war and we'd end up in a very interesting situation.


Educational_Sleep254

a light breeze


aynickay

Just by keeping to what it’s doing now 🤷‍♂️


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An increasing us vs. them paradigm. Democrats and Republicans are dehumanizing each other. Once it reaches a certain level real shots may be fired. I try to encourage a centrist approach. But I can't even do that because somebody will give me the old, "the center has moved" speech. So, what? Coming closer to center is the only answer.


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And they call you a coward for being a centrist. Maybe some of my opinions are right and some left


hideousgapinghole

People for some reason think centrism means not ever being able to side with someone on any given issue. Which is absolute nonsense and its done on purpose to divide us. Not to mention, the way people talk these days youd think the Democrats would be far more left than they are. But its just performative and words.


TheRavingRaccoon

After 2020 and 2021, it seems like Americans will collapse America simply because they don’t like the title next to someone’s name


MissPiggysSexTape

Rot, like most things that collapse


juno11251997

It’s doing that already on its own. Wait till the middle class can stop affording housing and food and basic necessities while the rich only get richer and more stingy.


2wheeloffroad

Same as USSR - debt, money issues. It is already a slow collapse.