Ok - you earned a paid subscriber with this 😁you’re the only author who I’ve seen complete a thorough write up like this. Thank you. I am not military or ex-military but study history , read /follow military write ups on UKR/Russia.
I especially like your analysis of the American culture - so many people just completely ignore this facet. We are not Germans in 1930, or South Americans , or Russians. It’s just not gonna ever be this easy - we’re raised from infancy to question authority .
And of course - MAGA fantasize that this will be how it goes down in US- it’s impossible . They won’t have access to the military (people will desert) . We have civilian firearms and ammo. And it’s not just trained active and former military , it’s the local LE too. I’d add that there’s groups who you did discuss who are weapons savvy and that is urban gangs - they will join the fight. I think military defects, civilian libertarians defect in high rates
One area I think that you did not address is the red state /blue state as it relates to economic power in the country - they’ve only won bc EC. These areas are mostly rural and mostly econ depressed. They don’t have much coastal access - WA , OR, CA control the west. We add CO, NM, NV to central blue control . MN, IL, MI control Great Lakes - NY, VT, ME, MA, CT, RI, MD l, NYetc control eastern seaboard. This is civil war2 situation - same as civil war 1 but worse for the Red states, right? Bc Econ powerhouses lie in blue state control , access to coasts and boundaries lie in blue state control - and vast areas of red are Econ depressed and /or sparsely populated . (What do you think on this?)
In terms of totalitarian control - I don’t think this occurs easily either , because of states decentralization - ea state functions independently - and could secede to join a new union ( no more Fed taxes sent in) (thoughts in this area?)
Thank you for your thoughtful and kind feedback. You are correct about Economics. Only so much I can put in one article. ;) I hinted at the idea in the section about logistics. As we will see this week with the tariff, economics matters a lot in developed countries.
The key point is that while we’re all focused on jackboots the real problem is what we’ve seen in the past two weeks. An erosion of the rule of law. A deteriorating liberal society. In my other Substack I talk about why people leave their country. It’s because the country no longer serves their citizens. America is turning into that type of country. It’s not the military o fear… it’s what America is trending to.
Again, thank you for your support and thoughts. :) I am appreciative.
Ok - you earned a paid subscriber with this 😁you’re the only author who I’ve seen complete a thorough write up like this. Thank you. I am not military or ex-military but study history , read /follow military write ups on UKR/Russia.
I especially like your analysis of the American culture - so many people just completely ignore this facet. We are not Germans in 1930, or South Americans , or Russians. It’s just not gonna ever be this easy - we’re raised from infancy to question authority .
And of course - MAGA fantasize that this will be how it goes down in US- it’s impossible . They won’t have access to the military (people will desert) . We have civilian firearms and ammo. And it’s not just trained active and former military , it’s the local LE too. I’d add that there’s groups who you did discuss who are weapons savvy and that is urban gangs - they will join the fight. I think military defects, civilian libertarians defect in high rates
One area I think that you did not address is the red state /blue state as it relates to economic power in the country - they’ve only won bc EC. These areas are mostly rural and mostly econ depressed. They don’t have much coastal access - WA , OR, CA control the west. We add CO, NM, NV to central blue control . MN, IL, MI control Great Lakes - NY, VT, ME, MA, CT, RI, MD l, NYetc control eastern seaboard. This is civil war2 situation - same as civil war 1 but worse for the Red states, right? Bc Econ powerhouses lie in blue state control , access to coasts and boundaries lie in blue state control - and vast areas of red are Econ depressed and /or sparsely populated . (What do you think on this?)
In terms of totalitarian control - I don’t think this occurs easily either , because of states decentralization - ea state functions independently - and could secede to join a new union ( no more Fed taxes sent in) (thoughts in this area?)
Thank you for your thoughtful and kind feedback. You are correct about Economics. Only so much I can put in one article. ;) I hinted at the idea in the section about logistics. As we will see this week with the tariff, economics matters a lot in developed countries.
The key point is that while we’re all focused on jackboots the real problem is what we’ve seen in the past two weeks. An erosion of the rule of law. A deteriorating liberal society. In my other Substack I talk about why people leave their country. It’s because the country no longer serves their citizens. America is turning into that type of country. It’s not the military o fear… it’s what America is trending to.
Again, thank you for your support and thoughts. :) I am appreciative.