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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
So what do you think realistically happens if Trump wins presidency / runs his second term for 4 years and then refuses to relinquish power?
Do people in blue states just kinda shrug and go with it?
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I honestly don't know. Conservatives are very aggressive and are willing to wear their hearts (and minds) on their sleeves (or pickup trucks). Liberals are much more cerebral and rarely act out. It takes something dramatic to take to action outside their coffee clutches. It is the way the brains are wired. Liberals do their processing in the prefrontal cortex where our adjudicative functions reside. In moments of conflict they will sit and ponder on issues endlessly, usually leaving themselves in danger. Conservatives rely mostly on the amygdala for processing which is our fear centers and responsible for our fight/flight response centers. In conflict they will be the first to throw a punch or recognize the potential danger and run. I think even with the election of an authoritarian with totalitarian tendencies liberals will wait and see how things go, even when the SS is banging on their door and dragging them off to re-education camps. I don't see a call to violence until something really goes sideways and it is draconian in nature.
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Sometimes you read something, and your brain just stops.
I never thought of it that way, but my goodness it's accurate.
I'm going to be paraphrasing this a lot.
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I've been thinking about this context for a about a month now. I've had multiple conversations about this with my wife about how this all started, who the major players were along the way, the regulator and governance changes made that allowed this become weaponized, and then the major battles/battle lines that have been drawn. She's trying to goad me into a book on the subject since I have a lot of the research done from a previous publication, but it is so controversial and could be a tough write. Still mulling it over. Maybe more conversation here would help and mature certain themes? Who knows. It's just an idea and approach to the problem. Glad you guys liked it.