by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
It is now clear to me that while I continue to believe we’re going to slip peacefully into autocracy in 2025, we have to also take very seriously the prospect that there could be a civil war starting around then instead.
The reason is simple — conservative Traditionalists no longer believe in democracy. They are afraid of the browning of America. Instead of gritting their teeth and making common cause with “libtards,” Traditionalists are so scared about the changing nature of American society that they are, instead, making common cause with the American fascists of MAGA.
This is not a good sign.
The biggest reason is what happens if a Republican wins in 2024 specifically by fucking with the Constitution by using some of its more obscure elements? What happens if the divide between Blue States and Red States is so absolute when it comes to the question of “Is the United States a democracy?” that Blue States begin to leave the Union and a civil war erupts? Then what?
And it will be Traditionalists fault.
I am shocked that Traditionalists are so open about how much they liked the racist, misogynistic, cruel Trump policies, but didn’t like Trump himself. I mean, what the what? Fuck that. If that’s not a ping from a dark future, I don’t know what is.
But, again — 2024 – 2025 is going to be a shit show. And it could still go either way. We could still simply slip peacefully into autocracy and I find myself with an ICE bullet to the head. I know that sounds like just more of my hysterical doom shit, but fuck you if you think that.
Once a democracy has lost Traditionalists, it’s over. It’s just a matter of if you slip into autocracy or if you found a new democratic republic from the ashes of the old via armed conflict.
