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Third. The war of independence was a civil war too.
Watch it unfold on TV News, I expect. And then think about it less and less as it begins just another fucked-up thing happening in the world.
We have a bug out spot in a very remote area near the border. It’s where we plan on retiring anyway. Stay the hell out of the way of the war I suppose.
Hunker down and see if the neighbors attack. It’s 50/50 around here. I don’t think my neighbors will attack me but who knows! I’ve got enough guns and ammo to defend myself if it’s not a super heavy attack. Idk, in a civil war, does everyone just start fighting? I’d probably be more careful going to the store…
I’d probably be more careful going to the store…
Robert Evans did a podcast on what it might look like to have a civil war happening here. If I remember correctly it wasn't so much that neighbors would randomly attack each other, but the travel was definitely different with lots of checkpoints and stuff like that.
“It Could Happen Here” I think it was called.
Worry, mostly (as a US citizen living overseas). I doubt my family would want to come over, and I doubt Japan would even issue visas for them to do so (on most SoRs, you can only bring over dependent family who are financially and/or medically dependent upon you. None of my family pass this test).
It really would depend upon what kind of conflict it became. If it involved the armed forces even currently overseas (though I doubt it), presumably, a number of nations would do whatever the hell they felt like if they felt emboldened enough by a preoccupied US. This would be checked in Europe, but I'm less sure about Asia. Then again I'm just a normal dude.
This guy gets it.
Take the US example and close all EU borders to american refugees. If you still try, we unfortunately have to put you into detention centers.
It’s so hard to get over there as an American anyway! You guys have these standards! And it’s not like we can just swim across the ocean and sneak in!
As a Canadian: stay the heck away the border because who knows if they're gonna launch a missile at Niagara Falls, NY and hit Niagara Falls, ON?
...pretty sure nobody's gonna target Niagara Falls, NY. You have more to fear from inside Niagara Falls, NY, primarily highway robbery.
I mean my point might be better made about Detroit and Windsor but you get the idea
There's a large hydroelectric power plant powered by Niagra Falls. The Church of the Holy Fossil Fuel will make it a major target.
Head over and shoot fascists. What else is there?
This is the only answer if you love America
Become an expatriate.
*immigrant
But yeah, you are welcome here, as far as I am concerned!
Too cold, but thank you. I listened to the Dutch News Podcast during the pan and for a while after and learned a lot about your country. Here's to your newish underwater bicycle garage!
Huh, now I am curious why you think I am from the Netherlands. You got the continent right tho! :D
Deutsch
On my instance, this is smaller and also bold (maybe that's on all instances, dunno). It made it harder to read at a glance and I read it as Dutch. Apologies.
No worries, the dutch are solid people and I don't mind being confused for them haha
What if there is a nuclear war just as an asteroid hits the earth while the supervolcano erupts during the civil war?
It's the end of the world (as we know it)?
Modern anime titles are getting wild
And it turns out the show is a rom-com between a female figure-skater and male ballet.
oh man that is an lol when I think about it.
Lock my door and have a drink. Honestly though I live by like three gun stores, so I probably just go pick something up, go home, and batten down the hatches until the dust settles. Once a winner was decided I decide whether or not this country was still salvageable and act accordingly.
Probably just continue to talk shit to Nazis until one of them kills me.
Y'know, a life well lived.
Why let them kill you?
Its not about letting anyone kill me. I'm just realistic. I run my mouth a lot when it comes to Nazis, and I'm not a fighter. It stands to reason one day my rhetoric will piss off the wrong person, and it stands to reason that'll be what kills me. Depending on how sadistic said person can get, there are worse ways to go.
Now I'm really kissed.
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