Interesting Read From Matthew Bracken and American Partisan

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I suspect that every person feels like they have no control over the situation and is just bracing for impact. It's important to continue to engage with those whom you disagree with. Some people decide that it's all too much and they'll just disengage and sit at home and load up mags until they can start making their point of view known with a rifle. That's not the kind of coward I want to be, so I'll go ahead and call bullshit on things when I see it.

The reason this piece seems interesting is because it's written by an author. It's a work of fiction with a controlled narrative and a happy ending presented as a study or something otherwise factual.

And I resent the stereotype that you think we're all just loading up mags waiting... but I'm also realistic that alone I lack the power to change what has a lot of money and power behind it (politics)... I'm not waiting for it to happen, but I also have no delusions of grandeur that I can stop it as an ordinary citizen.

I would say that the way most people won't jump into a civil war because they are too comfortable, most politicians aren't actively trying to sell the citizenry into socialist slavery. There will ALWAYS be bad people in politics trying to push insane ideas. Always and forever. Most times the rest of the people aren't interested.

I don't think you read very far before you made up your mind.... or at least you didn't keep an open mind. There are cases where there are riots on the streets, and if it gets bad enough in Urban areas, then there could be those that plan to "bug out" trying to escape the mass violence. If enough people decide to do that that don't have plans and arrangements made, some criminal types could decide that home invasions in rural areas are a solution. IF there is enough breakdown of law enforcement, you could be on your own in defending your rural homestead. With enough of this being a problem, neighborhoods could band together to defend whole areas of countryside.... now we're not THAT far off from what he's talking about. Throw in some Gov't agency deciding that disarming everyone in the country (ala post Katrina) is a good idea, and you're there.

That's a LOT of IFs, but I also don't dismiss based on "it won't happen here"... it has happened in other places of the world. But it's also not like I'm in my storm shelter stacking ammo all day long.