Neither does the militia.

Neither do the people.

@Nicholas91 Not going to happen like yugoslavia, that fell the same way as the austro hungarian empire, which was the growing nationalism in the country that resulted in the countries within the state declaring independance bloodlessly.

Id of thought the military itself would split

They'd be part of it, one way or another.

Active duty and National Guard would need to have a heart-to-heart, but that's about it.

A civil war would be the last thing government could handle.

Which would be fantastic.

Here comes the big queef...

@fannybandit In the event of civil war, the US would collapse into anarchy about a few days in.

Pfff hahahahaha.

"Government shutdown"

For a full 2 days.

Oh no, the national parks are closed!

The military cannot handle that many people rebelling all at once, on the size of nearly an entire continent.

That's the fallout from a civil war under current conditions.

It would be nothing more than a matter of removing every single public official by force.

@fannybandit What the fuck are you going on about?

That would be our civil war...which is much needed and completely appropriate as per the writ of law.

How would the people/militia get access to weapons and technology?

I ask out of genuine ignorance, I have no knowledge on this topic

They already have that access.

@Uriel They already have access to it.

Typically in civil wars the military is factionalised and splits

Yeah, Active duty and National Guard would have to uh...sort it out.

The confederates werent militiamen

@Nicholas91 It would in the US, but the federal gov would still collapse within a few days of the war starting.

No, but the first Americans were militia.

Minutemen.

@fannybandit The national guard wad establish in 1768 you dumbass.

I'm aware of that, what's your point?

It wasn't a milita, it was an army.

The first "Army" we had was a militia.

@fannybandit If you go back to say the 1600's, then yes it was.

They utilized small unit, guerilla warfare tactics taught to them by native Americans.

That was the first American fighting force.

The US looks like its balkanizing already

@fannybandit The native americans were all dead by the time that the US revolution started, the natives played little part.

The US needs a solid revolution via a very quick civil war.

@Nicholas91 It isn't.

So tell me how this unfolds - the crisis you're in