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Civil War, the Movie....
Apr 14, 2024, 4:49 PM
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Not bad, but not great.
They don't go into the "how or why". They just plop you down in the middle of this bloody conflict. Once you accept that, it's worth seeing. But don't expect a great analysis of our political situation in America. You will note the general breakdown in civilian order...that - to me - is a good reflection of what will likely happen. If we did have a war in this country between our citizens, there would likely be pockets of chaos all over the place that don't necessarily make sense to the unlucky people that happen to stumble upon those pockets....
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Re: Civil War, the Movie....
Apr 14, 2024, 11:07 PM
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part of me says the gun-toting wanna-be cowboys will eventually grow resentful enough that they will take up arms, at which point their water, electricity, internet, cell phone service, and food deliveries will all be cut off. 5-6 weeks in, and they are gonna want a Pabst blue ribbon and some truth social, prompting a surrender. It will go down in history as the lamest civil war evar and later referred to as the war of stupid, naked and afraid.
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Well, not sure how it would play out (spoiler alert here)....
Apr 15, 2024, 10:53 AM
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The movie has the "Western Forces", which is an alliance of Texas and California, which have seceded from the Union. They are fighting against the US military.
I find that scenario to be preposterous.
But there are various pockets of seemingly unaligned gun-toting militia types that are shooting people dead. And it comes across as general chaos. There's no obviously hard "front line", but just groups of shooters all around. Then, there are small cities that have their own security forces trying to keep the bad guys out.
To me, the chaotic part seems likely. I could see that happening.
As for your view that it would only last a few weeks....ehhh, I wouldn't count on that.
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Re: Civil War, the Movie....
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Apr 15, 2024, 10:56 AM
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Balm, if you really, honestly believe that you are a complete and utter imbecile
Gun-totting conservatives and middle America are infinitely more prepared to take care of themselves
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Re: Civil War, the Movie....
Apr 15, 2024, 11:31 AM
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you would run out of the wild game in less than 30 days, and if you had food stores, you would have to fight off your neighbors and the Warlords that would spring up in Chaos. I do not see this being organized, more so a bunch fo guys running around the woods looking for things to kill, eventually growing bored and wanting Netflix and Nattty light back.
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Re: Civil War, the Movie....
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Apr 15, 2024, 11:57 AM
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Cities would be looted in less than 24 hrs. Sewage overflowing
No other means of cooking or getting water
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People who have wells, grow their own food, raise chickens, can heat and cook without electricity, can kill game, have cellars with all the extras they canned from the previous seasons and the means to grow new crops...
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Re: Civil War, the Movie....
Apr 15, 2024, 10:37 AM
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Didn't blame MAGAs so the board morons didn't love it. Boo hoo.
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I only see one side forming armed militias
Apr 15, 2024, 10:44 AM
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making quips, like, "We'll come armed next time", storming our US captia;, and bombing the Atlanta olympics, etc..
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Re: I only see one side forming armed militias
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Apr 15, 2024, 11:00 AM
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
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Re: I only see one side forming armed militias
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Apr 15, 2024, 12:20 PM
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^^^^ real reason for the 2nd Amendment
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Interesting you should say that
Apr 15, 2024, 12:34 PM
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I think the president in this new movie is an authoritarian who refuses to relinquish control of the White House. Sound familiar?
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Does he weaponize his agencies against his opponent...? Seems possible.***
Apr 15, 2024, 12:39 PM
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Apr 15, 2024, 10:53 AM
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The movie was created to remind us all that a conflict like this will be a very ugly and deadly war
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Re: Civil War, the Movie....
Apr 15, 2024, 1:12 PM
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Who knows, could be many silver linings with such a thing. Being offended over your pronouns might seem less important compared to needing a place to take a dump because you have no functional inside bathroom facilities.
Of course that problem is somewhat self-correcting, because with little-to-no food, your dump frequency is lower.
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