Ways In Which We’re Already In Low Grade Civil Conflict, Ranked (only reason it’s not “Civil War” is that someone Left of Mussolini needs to fire back in order for it to be a Civil War–otherwise it’s a genocide, but both fit under “Civil Conflict” I guess)

9) Feds doing impoundment of Blue State cash

8) Paramilitaries being sent to Hot Zones around the country to provoke a response worthy of shooting back

7) Total social disconnection between adversarial groups

6) Pervasive feeling of paranoia and/or mistrust directed at neighbors or govt officials

5) Rwanda-style radio broadcasts every single day from Joe Rogan

4) Televised executions of dissenters

3) Sporadic, ineffective acts of exemplary political violence

2) Strongmen see the power vacuum and attempt to fill the void (Jesse Ventura saying he’ll run again [this is a joke, playing off of him being a “strong” man])

1) Domestic Gladio