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Hey There.

Lately a very troubling idea has been floating around.

Today we ask the question, Is the United States heading towards a Civil War?

The answer is no, absolutely not.

These articles are half-baked clickbait.

I of course would never cover a controversial topic just for the views.

My hypocrisy aside, I think it's worth addressing the general sense that the US Republic is

in unprecedented danger.

It's not.

There are many problems.

The internet has been doing some very weird things to our economy and our politics.

Anybody with a smart phone can impact the national conversation.

I'm obviously a big fan of this, but there are downsides.

It's given us a president who is an idiot and a blowhard.

Most troublingly, the rise of the alt-right has turned the country's racist sub-text

into text.

It's shocking to be dealing with proud white Supremacists in 2017, and I don't want to

minimize that.

But we're nowhere near where we were in the run up to the US Civil War.

In fact I can think of a number of historical points since then when we were in a lot worse

shape than we are today.

We've got problems, but we can handle them.

We've handled them before.

1990s

When it comes to the possibility of armed insurrection, I'd argue that things were

actually worse in the early 1990s.

Anybody remember the Michigan Militia?

After a botched arrest at Ruby Ridge in 1992, and the government massacre of a religious

cult in Waco in 1993, the armed militia movement exploded across the country.

Thousands, some say tens of thousands of people formed armed groups, who talked enthusiastically

about fighting the federal government.

I'd say that's a good deal more intimidating than a bunch of losers re-tweeting frog memes

wouldn't you?

On April 19,1995 Timothy McVeigh, a man affiliated with the militia movement, blew up a federal

building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.

After that the militia movement pretty much evaporated.

Remnants still exist, but it was over as a mass phenomenon.

It's too early to tell, but I am getting the sense that the death of Heather Heyer

in Charlottesville earlier this month might be having a similar effect on the Alt-Right.

Ironic Racism isn't that cute anymore.

1890's-1910s

Some claim we're going to get a civil war over income inequality.

Globalization and the internet mean that the rich are doing very, very well, while the

majority of the country hasn't made much progress in decades.

That's a real problem.

But here's a question.

Have you ever gone to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York?

100 years ago the contents of this museum, and dozens of other museums across the country

sat in the many mansions of our plutocrats.

America's millionaires truly lived like Kings.

At the same time Much of the country lived like this.

We've had extremes of wealth and poverty before.

And they were much, much worse at the turn of the last century.

Sorting that era out occasionally involved open warfare between capitalists and workers.

A consensus seems to be building that something needs to be done about inequality today.

And nobody's died in a strike.

We don't know what the answer is yet, but we're already focused on the problem.

And to go all the way back to 1861, the year the US civil war started, there's something

very basic missing if we were heading for a repeat.

There were dissidents in the North and South back then, but most folks were on board with

their sectional interest.

We love talking about Red States and Blue states today, as if everybody in California

was a Democrat, and everybody in Texas was a Republican.

That's just not true.

31% of California, the home of Nixon and Reagan, voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

And Texas actually increased its Democratic percentage in 2016.

For Hillary Clinton, the 2nd most hated presidential candidate in US history.

I'm beginning to suspect that Trump will lose in 2020 actually, not because the Democrats

will get their acts together, but because Texas will go blue.

But that's a different video.

When people imagine a new civil war, they probably aren't envisioning armies in blue

and gray like the 1860's they're probably thinking of something darker and more messy.

They are thinking of the 1960's, but moreso.

To truly do justice to the 1960's we're going to need a whole nother video.

Come back later this week, or maybe next week for 4 Dead In Ohio, my discussion of the 1960's

in memory and in fact.

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TOP 5 Transfers of United States Players 2017/2018 - Duration: 1:38.

hello today you will see the top five transfers of the United States players

number one John Anthony Brookes position centre back age 24 moving from Hertha

BSC moving to vfl wolfsburg market value 14 million euros transfer

fee 17 million euros number 2 Paul aureola position right midfield age 22

moving from club Tijuana moving to DC United

market value 1 million 200,000 euros transfer fee 2 million 9 hundred

thousand euros number 3 Dom Dwyer position centre forward age 27

moving from Sporting Kansas City moving to Orlando city SC market value 1

million 750 thousand euros transfer fee seven hundred seventy five thousand

euros number four Matt Miazga position centre back age 22 moving from Vitesse

Arnhem moving to Chelsea FC market value 2 million euros transfer fee end of

loan

number five Danny Williams position defensive

midfield age 28 moving from Reading FC moving to Huddersfield Town

market value 2 million euros transfer fee end of loan

For more infomation >> TOP 5 Transfers of United States Players 2017/2018 - Duration: 1:38.

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TG1 - KIM JONG UN RINNOVA DI NUOVO LA SUA MINACCIA AGLI STATES - Duration: 0:52.

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BTS Tops Amazon's CDs & Vinyl Best Sellers List In United States With Mini Album Pre-Order - Duration: 0:58.

BTS Tops Amazon's CDs & Vinyl Best Sellers List In United States With Mini Album Pre-Order

BTS's upcoming mini album quickly topped Amazon's CDs & Vinyl Best Sellers list in the United States after official pre-orders opened.

On August 29, BigHit Entertainment announced that fans in North America (the United States and Canada) would be able to pre-order BTS's upcoming mini album "LOVE YOURSELF 承 'Her'" via Amazon.

This is the first time that a K-pop artists albums have been available officially for pre-order through Amazon in the United States. Notably, sales made through the official listing on Amazon will count towards music charts including Hanteo, Gaon, and Billboard. Soompi. Display. News. English.

300x250. Mobile. English. 300x250. ATF. Only three hours after BTS's new mini album became available for official pre-order on Amazon in North America, it grabbed the No. 1 spot on the CDs & Vinyl Best Sellers list on Amazon in the United States.

BTSs new mini album "LOVE YOURSELF 承 'Her'" is due out on September 18.

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