Maybe I'm naive in thinking this, but people have been saying a civil war is coming for a long time, and I'm still holding out hope that rational minds will prevail.
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The rational ones are not in control of the narrative.
There aren't many defenders of reason left. Ayn Rand was one of the last big ones I know of. In fact, she predicted the current world decades ago. Sad. I hope you're right. I prefer reason over violence whenever possible.