Circe
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I think there has to be a tipping point. After which, no turning back. Most revolutions have a "first shot," or first cavalry charge (Russia). I know what you mean, and I often think that is possible, that we have a slow-motion civil war, but then I think of lots of events that were hostile before "real" revolutions, like the Great Fear in France (the mobs in the country burned out a LOT of chateaux) the year BEFORE the revolution started; the Underground Railroad in American abolitionist states. All the anarchists blowing so much up in Europe before the Russian Revolution. Our rioting, which is VERY serious! Especially the new escalation into Flash Mobs.I certainly hope so. We have civil war right now, just in slow motion.
But I have not seen a Tipping Point. It could all still be tamped down. Like the anarchist bombers were tamped down by WWI. Conscripted them all.
What would be a Tipping Point into Civil War now? Last time it was not the outrageous behavior of the abolitionists (John Brown in particular); it was definitely Lincoln's election. No mystery there.
So maybe Fiona Hill is right. If Trump is elected (like Lincoln, he IS a leeeetle controversial), instant Civil War, starting the next day? Only this time the North secedes? Naaaaah, they'd try to get us to buckle under.