06-08-2020, 10:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2020, 10:57 PM by Eric the Green.)
(06-08-2020, 07:25 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(06-08-2020, 06:41 PM)David Horn Wrote:(06-08-2020, 05:05 PM)sbarrera Wrote: A two pole regeneracy is a civil war. Which might be where we are - the blue state has the numbers and the red state has the weaponry.
H-m-m-m. Sounds a lot like the ACW.
Except the Civil War had violent catalysts in Bleeding Kansas and Harper's Ferry leading up to it. These days, the spiral of violence is going no where, and both sides have adopted the popular vote as good enough to peacefully hand over power. Also, the Civil War was typical of the Industrial Age where both sides were eager to go to violence. Peaceful means wasn't really common yet. Thoreau wrote about it a little at the time of the Mexican War with his Civil Disobedience essay, but it was only with Ghandi and King that it took off.
Yes, history doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. We can hope the means of fighting our civil war are more peaceful, as they have been so far. But we have been in the 1850s redux. 1861 is probably still 5 years away. Riots and police violence are certainly on the increase right now. We don't know how far this spiral will turn.