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Confederacy 2.0
Eighthman:
I will make a prediction - the future of the US is not civil war, it is "Confederacy 2.0". The snowflake rebellion apparently lacks both good sense and marksman skills and will provide little more than targeted amusements for those opposed. Most Americans could not sustain a conflict since they are dependent of prescription drugs or transfer payments to stay alive.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/06/bleeding_america.html
Which brings us to a more probable outcome: "Confederacy 2.0". Democrats push for nullification on climate, immigration, marijuana and hemp while Republicans push for nullification on gun control and borders. There are other such issues connected with land use, the FDA, the EPA and more. States will become more independent of a dysfunctional Washington DC and so, ignore it.
This will be good in some ways - although it may compromise Civil Rights in many areas ( sadly). I think the power of the Federal government may have passed its peak. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
The Seeker:
--- Quote from: Eighthman on June 21, 2017, 06:57:51 am ---I will make a prediction - the future of the US is not civil war, it is "Confederacy 2.0". The snowflake rebellion apparently lacks both good sense and marksman skills and will provide little more than targeted amusements for those opposed. Most Americans could not sustain a conflict since they are dependent of prescription drugs or transfer payments to stay alive.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/06/bleeding_america.html
Which brings us to a more probable outcome: "Confederacy 2.0". Democrats push for nullification on climate, immigration, marijuana and hemp while Republicans push for nullification on gun control and borders. There are other such issues connected with land use, the FDA, the EPA and more. States will become more independent of a dysfunctional Washington DC and so, ignore it.
This will be good in some ways - although it may compromise Civil Rights in many areas ( sadly). I think the power of the Federal government may have passed its peak. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
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I have a question for you,8thman; are you a student of history?
If so, in 25 words give an adequate synopsis of what led to the original confederacy;
8)
Seeker
Eighthman:
Lincoln said in his 2nd Inaugural that the 'slavery interest' caused it. (You can read it in the marble on his memorial in DC.) Economics was a related cause because of differing interests in North and South as to trade and tariffs.
Confederacy 2.0 is my conclusion to explain where trends are leading us. Civil War seems ridiculous because I can't imagine paunchy middle aged men with their hunting rifles going revolutionary and leaving their arm chairs behind. The Antifa crowd can't seem to be master organization or marksmanship. Inner city types would riot, burn down their neighborhoods and then complain they're hungry.
Maybe we could generate electricity from the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves at this rate.
So, polls indicate distrust in government is at unprecedented levels - worse than ever recorded. What does this leave us with? Reduction of centralized authority especially the Feds. Confederacy 2.0
The Seeker:
8) The origins of the conflicts that lead to first the formation of the confederacy and to the civil war was about states rights and responsibilities as outlined by the constitution; ;)
The majority of rule of law is supposed to be enfranchised by each state, not the fed; the legal federal government ceased to exist with the birth of the IRS and the privately owned Federal Reserve.
A return to the legal form of government that existed prior to 1917 would not necessarily lead to a new confederacy, but perhaps to a once more stable legal fed. :)
Eighthman:
Oregon may decriminalize all drugs in small amounts. Worth noting too, is that Scalia helped create precedent for the Tenth Amendment in which states don't have to help enforce federal law - they can't be commandeered.
I'd love to see some states screw over the FDA and refuse cooperation in their fight against alternative medicines. Cannabis could open the way.
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