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What would it take for the beginning of a civil war? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/AskUSA@discuss.online
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Listen, I know wars are horribly bad. I'm really sorry even asking such a question.

I'm Canadian. It seems that the fascists are set on military action against Greenland. I'm highly afraid that we're next. So I'm hoping the following happens in order:

  1. No wars. Somehow, legally the fascist executive is stopped. This unfortunately seems unlikely...
  2. They get bogged down in a war elsewhere. This prevents them from coming after Canada. I know this is me being extremely selfish, but whatever.
  3. A civil war begins. No one has to worry about being invaded.

So my question is related to the third possibility. What could start a civil war? Could an invasion of Greenland and the following economic collapse (hopefully caused by the EU dropping US treasuries) be the spark?

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[–] [S] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I hope it really is a powder keg. The Greenland situation is really scaring me. I thought it would just be 2 day bullshit Trump ramble. Unfortunately, the story simply isn't leaving the news cycle. Every day, the trump admin is doubling down on this. Fkin scary man

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    the tldr as to why the US actually does need Greenland...China has cut off the US damn near completely from a number rare earth elements that the US's MIC needs to function. other parts of the world might be willing to start selling researves to the US if they have em or extracting none deposits, but that access does not come free...certainly to an administration hellbent on blatantly extorting anybody and everybody. And if the US's MIC loses it's teeth...well, rest of the world has been tired of the US's warmongering for a long time now.

    why greenland specifically?

    because greenland just so happens to have an abundance of known REE deposits that are untapped, and is close enough to the US mainland that securing that supply chain would be child's play. but they're not in an easy to mine areas nor does the greenland really have the existing infrastructure to support them. so all around it'd just be a massive endeavor to start exploiting them

    why don't they just...ask/bribe their decades long allies to properly start extracting these resources? because they're short-sighted greedy jackals...cruelty is the point with these animals

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Mod removed my first comment. What in the heck for?

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