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We sure as shit are or there will be civil conflict. Period.

Man it's American exceptionalism all the way till the end. Do you see all the other countries that have gone through the exact same transformation without and such civil unrest? What exactly makes the US different from them? Name absolutely anything.

All this bluster and wishful thinking is exactly why we're here today.

"you should admit your situation there would be more dignity in it"

~120 firearms for every 100 citizens?

https://www.ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/nearly-half-the-wor...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-co...

> Nearly Half The World's Civilian Guns Are In The U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ihrGNGesfI

And guess which team is itching to use those guns the most?

They’ll try to do elections Putin-style where the votes magically all end up being in favor of the incumbent and the opposition party becomes increasingly criminalized.

Elections are run by states, not the federal government. “They” will not be able to control them in this way.

The federal government can do a lot to support state actions to disenfranchise people, especially when the courts go along with it. And then there’s the threat of state legislatures to override the popular vote in national elections on the basis of “fraud”.

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