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What would it take for the beginning of a civil war? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 weeks ago by TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca to c/AskUSA@discuss.online
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Listen, I know wars are horribly bad. I'm really sorry even asking such a question.

I'm Canadian. It seems that the fascists are set on military action against Greenland. I'm highly afraid that we're next. So I'm hoping the following happens in order:

  1. No wars. Somehow, legally the fascist executive is stopped. This unfortunately seems unlikely...
  2. They get bogged down in a war elsewhere. This prevents them from coming after Canada. I know this is me being extremely selfish, but whatever.
  3. A civil war begins. No one has to worry about being invaded.

So my question is related to the third possibility. What could start a civil war? Could an invasion of Greenland and the following economic collapse (hopefully caused by the EU dropping US treasuries) be the spark?

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Agreed. The institutional resistance isn't strong enough for a real civil war. You would have to see actual defection among military, government, or business leaders. I don't see that happening.

An insurgency is far more likely but it's unclear if it could succeed against the might of the US military and intelligence agencies.

I think neither of these is particularly desirable. If the regime wins they come out much stronger, emboldened and battle-hardened.

Instead, we should be doing everything we can to destroy the US economy. This will be much harder to respond to with overwhelming force, easier to enact in secret and in public, and have more or less the same effect as fighting a military conflict without the destruction of human life.