The people of this country are at war with one another–Right vs. Left, Conservative vs. Liberal, and Constitutional Republicanism vs. Communism.
The last few decades have laid the groundwork for our accelerating polarization and tribalization. Now America’s political Right and Left no longer share much, if any, common ground.
The question to be asked: ‘Will this brutal divisiveness end without open conflict?’
The following from Jim Hanson on msn.com.
Jim Hanson is Exec Dir of America Matters. He served in U.S. Army Special Forces and authored Winning the Second Civil War: Without Firing a Shot.
I wrote Winning the Second Civil War: Without Firing a Shot last year to avert the possibility of escalating political violence. Without a viable chance of a truce—and after months of violent unrest by the political Left in America’s major cities—both sides seemed increasingly willing to use any means necessary to secure their goals. The long-simmering culture war had run out of accommodations and the action in the streets and elsewhere was becoming more extreme.
President Trump was elected in part due to his opposition to the America-bashing mentality of the Left. He proudly proclaimed he would “make America great again” and he pulled no punches when talking about it. This fighting spirit brought a whole new cohort into the political game. They would “build the wall” to secure our border and make left-wing political elites pay for their corruption and malfeasance.
Trump’s victory enraged the Left. The hate was palpable and for four years the Left deployed every instrument of state and civilian power against the president and his administration. [The left] created falsehoods like those in the Steele Dossier, which were then amplified by the media and used by the state in an attempt to bring him down. But all of that—and two impeachments—failed.
After the voting was complete in 2020, many had a sense that the rules had been abused. Democrats used COVID-19 to justify an unprecedented increase in alternative voting measures and their previous abuses of power made it easy for many of us to envision a stolen result. That came to a head on January 6. That day brought violence and rioting, but most involved were peaceful protesters—at worst they were trespassing while in Trump gear.
But that event was too ripe for the Left to not exploit it. Democrats have called it an attempted coup and an insurrection and now have filed charges of sedition against some participants. The government’s own evidence shows the alleged conspiracy was not designed to overthrow the government but to prepare for a fight against Antifa, which many of the president’s supporters expected to show up or to respond if, in a long shot, President Trump invoked the Insurrection Act.
The abuse of power and treatment of those arrested as if they were political prisoners in an American gulag has only fueled more anger. And the efforts of The Regime to use the events of Jan. 6 as an excuse to crack down on political opponents (Read: Pro-Trump people) have made things even worse.
The window for a peaceful end to this division is not unlimited. While actual open conflict is still highly unlikely, it is not out of the question. Some have even proposed a national divorce, breaking the United States into separate countries of Red and Blue. That would-be solution faces many hurdles, and there are more likely scenarios.
One possibility is the expansion of federalism and voluntary separation as members of the Right abandon blue states and cities.
Conservatives find life under democrat rule to be oppressive and even hellish. And in the new remote-work paradigm, employees no longer have to suffer crime and misery in metro areas, and many are voting with a U-Haul.
In addition, the dismal failures of the Biden Regime have made election success for Republicans much more likely. The responsible course of action for Republicans: Allow the democrat party to continue self-destructing and ensure safeguards are in place to preclude further nation-wide stolen elections all up and down the ballots.
The victory, and immediate action, of Glenn Youngkin as governor of Virginia are bringing hope to many. It feels like a groundswell of those who have seen how everything woke turns to, well, the stuff all over the streets of Democrat-led cities. The resurgence of the Right must be swift and merciless in releasing the stranglehold of the Left on our institutions.
If Conservatives are able to regain control of the U.S. House and Senate, then the White House, remove Obama’s embedded communists from throughout the government, neuter the mass media propaganda machine, establish constitutional law and order, and return power to the states, then this Second Civil War can actually be won without a shot fired.
