Half Say Feds Are An Immediate Threat

Not surprising to me:

Forty-nine percent of people asked in a new Gallup survey say the federal government poses “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,”… fewer than a third of those asked (30 percent) believed it when they were first asked in 2003.

The truth is, I doubt they even know the half of it.

Two things of interest. One, there is little doubt there will be a geographic divide between the cities and everywhere else. That will create an echo chamber effect on both sides as time goes on, exacerbating the slide into the split. Already we see rural sheriffs actually rebelling against the federal government.

Second is the role which will be played by the anger/bliss dichotomy. As resources contract there is less bliss (dopamine), and that will fuel a gradual rise in latent anger within the minds. As that anger builds to a breaking point, we will be approaching the crisis point where government will require extreme sacrifice by all if we are to keep it funded and running. It is not at all impossible that like the former Soviet Union, people will just refuse the sacrifices if they are angry enough, and hold these views.

That means a breakup.

The government would be in a considerably better position if roles were reversed, and the future secessionists congregated in high-population density centers filled with extensive surveillance. As it is, it would seem that if things went to that point, pacifying (and forcing immense sacrifice upon) a restless rural US populace would be considerably more difficult than pacifying the Iraqi’s – and that is if all forces didn’t need to be flooded into the cities to prevent the savage diversity riots that are likely to erupt once the EBT cards run dry.

By that time, gay rights, transgender acceptance, and proper pronoun usage will not be as much a priority as simply keeping the savages from inflicting mass slaughter on the city-progressives.

Apocalypse cometh™