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Barbara F. Walter

How Civil Wars Start

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    As Voltaire once said, “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
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    Matthew Yglesias noted on Twitter: “
    It’s kinda weird that deplatforming Trump just like completely worked with no visible downside whatsoever.”)
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    “leadership decapitation,” which involves imprisoning the leader or leaders of a terrorist group to hasten its collapse.
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    We need to undo fifty years of declining social services, invest in safety nets and human capital across racial and religious lines, and prioritize high-quality early education, universal healthcare, and a higher minimum wage.

    That's basically an utopia

  • Gui Gómezhas quoted2 years ago
    We are more prepared, as a country, to counter foreign enemies such as al-Qaeda than we are to disarm the warriors in our midst, even though the latter are currently more virulent and dangerous.
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    Ethnic groups, especially those in decline, often fight a second civil war because the conditions that drove their original grievances either haven’t been addressed or have worsened.
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    Faith in government has plummeted: From 1964 to
    2019, the share of Americans who trust those in Washington to do “what is right” tumbled from 77 percent to 17 percent.
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    it won’t be left-wing groups that instigate the ultimate clash.
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    stages eight and nine—“persecution” and “extermination”—and then the final stage, “denial,”
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    stage seven. Known as the “preparation”
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