I’ve seen alot of calls for violence in America. Whether it be directed at the president or Federal officers, many people are advocating for an escalation in response to the current situation.
And believe me, I do understand. what I see happening in America is horrifying. But all I am imploring is to really think about what your asking for. Because you can’t put the genie in the bottle once you’ve left it out.
If you’re really gung-ho about it, go and ask a Veteran of Iraq or Afghanistan about it and see what they think. If anyone will know about it they will.
I am going to link a YouTube Playlist. Its the Associated Press Archives of the Bosnian-Serbian war. Because THAT is what will happen if wide scale violence breaks out. Except what will happen in America will be a hundred times worse.
The Bosnian war was pretty much broken up along ethnic lines. “Well it’s going to be Conservative VS. Liberal” you say. Except it won’t be. It will be anyone having a grudge against someone going after them.
ALOT of personal animosity will be taken out in the first few weeks I feel.
And I think the Seige of Sarajavo will be writ large in American cities across the country. Imagine having to dodge sniper fire on your way to get to your job at Wendy’s.
Because that’s the other thing no one is thinking about. You are still going to have to make a living while this is all going to be happening. And the cost of everything will skyrocket. Shipping will probably have to be escorted from place to place because people will be stealing or even blockading locations because they’re “damn dirty libs” or “Fascist Conservatives” Fresh produce will become a thing of the past.
Canada and Mexico will close their borders due to all the refugee’s trying to cross. so if you thinking of doing it, do it the moment everything pops off because otherwise you won’t get in.
Basically Civil war is going to the worst thing to happen in America in a long time. and the only good that comes out of it will be Americans will finally have first hand experience of real war torn violence. And maybe that will hopefully last for another two hundred years or so.
If America even survives the outcome that is.
Quantity has a quality all its own.
I always heard that quote attributed to Joseph Stalin, re the T-34 vs the German Panzer. I’m not one of the two worst men in history, so a pissing match between the worst man in history and the second worst man in history does not impress me, a better human than both. My name isn’t in a single social studies textbook printed anywhere on earth. Get on my level, noobs.
I know I specified “mass murder,” I don’t think I’ve directly killed anyone, if I have killed anyone it was aviation maintenance related, and I haven’t been interviewed by the NTSB yet, so I take that as a good sign. Does the United States of America still have a National Transportation Safety Bureau? Transportation Safety seems to be the kind of thing a functioning society would want. I remember being a member of a functioning society. Good times.
The only regulation I ever intentionally broke was FAR 91.407(a). I followed the manufacturers instructions to. the. letter. I didn’t like how the rivets looked, they weren’t like the ones I removed. I took that plane up and put it through every maneuver its operating limitations allowed, I pulled on it as hard as a pilot was legally allowed, because if my rivet gun was going to kill anyone, it was going to be me. I landed, signed the airframe logbook and called the customer to pick the plane up. That was the day I met myself. I learned what kind of man I was that day. Every woman I’ve slept with since I replaced that wing strut mount has woken me up from a nightmare about it. I still fantasize about buying that airplane so I can spend 5 hours chainsawing it into 3 pound pieces. I don’t fly, or fix airplanes anymore.
What was I talking about? Oh yeah, bourbon.