Could there be a second American Civil War coming?

PropagandaMachine · Oct 2, 2012

Goldwater said: ↑

I've actually thought about that, and the trouble is the timeline. Because the green energy movement isn't picking up speed as fast as abolition did, bt other than that...I bet it's would cause at least some discussion
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People aren't smart enough to go to war over the real issues anymore.

montra · Oct 2, 2012

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Im in the middle of a book called The Fiery Trial by Eric Foner. It is a great study of Lincolns evolving views of slavery, abolition, and colonization. Regularly, I am struck by the startling similarities in the arguments about slavery/abolition issues between 1830-1850...and oil/alternative energy issues today.

Im not plagiarizing the book, these are my own thoughts.

From the moment abolition became anything but radical nonsense, many pro slavery economists, politicians, slave traders, and slave owning farmers predicted the total collapse of the American economy if slavery did not remain the chief source of farm labor for a foreseeable future determined by free market economic conditions.

From the moment alternative energy became anything but radical nonsense, many pro oil economists, politicians, oil companies, and businesses that rely on oil, have been predicting the total collapse of the US economy if oil does not remain our chief source of energy for a foreseeable future determined by free market economic conditions.

The economic interests that want to profit from renewable energy are looking at the oil industry the same way non slave owning farmers in the 1840s looked at the cotton empireas competition they need gone. If federal laws even more strict than Cap and Trade are pushed by states like California and New York, how are states that are dominated by traditional energy interests like Texas, Alaska, and Louisiana going to take that?

As the support of alternative energy picks up dramatic increases on moral grounds today in spite of oils cost effectiveness, as did support for abolition in the 1840sdoes energyspecifically oilhave the potential to be the spark that ignites a second secession and civil war in America?

The likely players:

The new Confederates will be played the red states.
The new Union will be played by the blue states.
The new Liberty Party will be played by the Green Party
The new Whigs/Republicans will be played by the Democrats.
The new Democrats will be played by the Republicans
The new Slaves will be played by oils environmental impact
The new Abolitionists will be played by environmentalists
The new Slave Industry will be played by the Oil Industry

Whaddya think?
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Wrong!!

The illegals have been placed here by the Mexican government as sleeper cells and when activated will take over the US in the name of the Mexican government.....I mean drug cartels. Same difference.

4Horsemen · Oct 3, 2012

With all the Foreigners living inside our borders. It'll never happen.

maybe after a mass Exodus of foreigners, not any sooner.

Goldwater · Oct 3, 2012

PropagandaMachine said: ↑

People aren't smart enough to go to war over the real issues anymore.
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But we all have clearly demostrated a willingness to go to war over oil.

SpaceCricket79 · Oct 4, 2012

All we'd have to do is shut off the blue states' EBT cards and they'd be surrendering within 1 week.

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