An Uncivil War

Left-wing thinking effectively blanks out the real distinctions between representative government and totalitarian dictatorship.- Roger Scruton, Fools, Frauds and Firebrands

June 21, 2020 By David Solway

There is a growing consensus among conservative writers and many individual citizens that America has descended into a condition of virtual civil war. It is not, or not yet, characterized by military confrontations on a national scale, as in 1861-65, but the facts on the ground strongly suggest a breakdown of civil order:

• the irreconcilable conflict between the political left and right; 
• the belligerence and vituperation that passes for a national “conversation”; 
• sporadic acts of violence, flash mobs and organized riots erupting in every corner of the country; 
• the dismal lack of local and state leadership; 
• Orwellian Ministries of Truth, otherwise known as digital platforms, controlling and censoring information; a rabid feminist network intent on destabilizing cultural traditions and mores;
• a president betrayed by his own generals and party senators; 
• a rogue enclave set up by malcontents and domestic terrorists in the middle of an American city; 
• and racial mayhem fomented and exploited by a class of partisan criminals. 

 Whether or not we call this situation the preliminary stages of civil war or simply massive social unrest and cutthroat politics may be only a matter of terminology...........To Read More.... 

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