If there is a Civil War or an uprising, I don't think it'll be brother vs. brother (like the first one). It'll be citizens vs. the government.
I may be wrong here but, I think that uprising is called, "an election".
The more extreme right tend to confuse the two things.
Its silliness to the extreme.
People we're not going to have a civil war. Not because we're too complacent or too lazy but because we're too smart and too interconnected. Put another way; it's about economics both micro and macro.
The shit-for-brains OP talks about it as if it's an option. No. For example during the times of Lee and Grant, very few businesses had multi-state offices much less had a home office in another state.
Sounds like a good idea for the morons in Alabama to take over a refinery or mfg plant in Mobile until you realize that the home office is likely in London or Paris or Aberdeen. Then what? The workers won't get paid any longer...you think they're going to join the cause?
The girl you dated or the guy you played ball with in High School likely works for the government on some level (I think the federal government employs something like 6% directly); what you going to do...gun them down unless they join you? And they're going to do that? Sure....keep dreaming.
But lets divorce ourselves from the comparatively "intelligent" idea that a separate nation will rise up somewhere in the lower 48 and challenge the seat of power in Washington and focus on what is to likely happen; an Al Queda type armed group spawned in the US attack some government buildings. Instead of religion, taxes is their cause. Doesn't exactly sound as if there would be a huge following since anyone with two brain cells knows that for any nation to succeed, taxes are a necessary part of that survival. I can see the slogan...."It's time to take back our nation and reduce your tax burden!!!" Makes you giggle...does it not?
Anyway, Osama Bin Laden's strategy was to lure the US into a fight where Uncle Sam put blood and treasure on the streets of Middle Eastern cities and the sight of the 3rd Army in Istanbul would incite followers to join his cause. If there was going to be some sort of armed insurrection of any serious nature, this would be the way to go. However, even this doesn't worry me particularly either. Who worked in the Murrah Building in OKC? It wasn't a bunch of damn yankees...it was the people of Oklahoma. So you going to take over a federal building and shoot people you live next to and expect the guys on the other side of the decedent's house to join your cause? The idea that civil war is inevitable means one thing...some here want it to happen and will get positively orgasmic at the thought that they could be, for once in their lives, right about something.
It isn't going to happen folks. One percent of our nation is something like 33,000 people. Those thinking a civil war will take place should realize that 33,000 is about 2 Army divisions and some change. The divisions are usually made up of soldiers from multiple states, middle to lower economic standing, culturally and ethnically diverse and are the best trained warriors the world has ever fielded. Let me guess...you guys are going to get them to join up and fight for lower taxes. Sure....
