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I think the influences of

Oxy Mora — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 04:24:29 +0000

I think the influences of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam are nearly the opposite of what you present. Those wars virtually defined our culture from 1940 through the 70's. Following which our culture was changed by stagnant wages, a contrived war and near capitulation to the forces of globalism and economic concentration at the top.

Donald Trump hasn't created ,much of anything but a media circus. And in the context of his ego-centric politics he has simply exposed the pre-existing underbelly of the Republican Party. Yes, there's a civil war---the losers who have continually been duped by the Republican party establishment want something more for their allegiance.

Viewing the politics of today as representing a civil war plays into the manufactured fears which are the meat and potatoes of Republican strategy.

We may not have been exposed

moat — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:43:03 +0000

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We may not have been exposed to the ravages of modern war experienced by many other people but our country has had its share of good old fashioned killing each other by whatever means happened to be at hand. I think we are up to speed on that metric.

I do not recognize the place you are describing. I see a population hoping the means of production keeps giving places for producers. If I was a committed Marxist, I would be drowning on the shore of the vast sea of petit bourgeoisie, waiting for the non televised revolution.

Fortunately for all of us, I was committed for other reasons.

America is not engaged in a

ocean-kat — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:10:47 +0000

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America is not engaged in a civil war. This is exactly the type of hyperbole I hate in the news media. In the news hyperbole is driven by a focus on sensationalism to get clicks for advertising dollars. I have no idea why you tend to engage in hyperbole, perhaps you're just fooled by the sensationalism in the media.

Mass shootings are a minor problem. It's sensational when one individual publicly kills several people and it gets lots of coverage. But more people are killed each year from ordinary crime in Los Angeles than mass shootings. Most large cities each have more homicides each year than all the people killed in America in mass shootings. Most states have more homicides than all of the mass shootings yearly in all of America. More people are killed in ordinary criminal events in most states in spite of the fact that the numbers of all violent crime has been drastically decreasing over the last few decades.

Neither Sanders nor Trump are front runners. Sanders is losing to Hillary in nearly every poll. Trump only appears to be a front runner due to the fragmented republican field. In the 2008 election Guiliani and Perry were both polling better than Trump is today. Polling requires intelligence to interpret. For example the most telling polls I've seen after the debate shows about 20% saying Trump won the debate. But if you ask the opposite question about 30% say Trump lost the debate.

The only thing even

Peter — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:34:40 +0000

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The only thing even resembling a Civil War in the Homeland is the uncivil conflict in the Republican Party and it's purely rhetorical.

Using fear inducing terms such as Civil War, proto-fascist and to some people even democratic socialist almost seems to be incitement or someone's fevered dreams of violence. Should we run quickly to Wal Mart and get our AR15 before they are gone?

Walmart has stressed the fact

barefooted — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:39:38 +0000

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Walmart has stressed the fact that their decision is based on poor sales, not politics. They're going to focus on hunting and recreation firearms as part of their move to fall merchandise.