No doomsday bunker, not a single gun – if the US really is heading for civil war, I’m stuffed

Nothing unusual. The savages believe in the holy tortoise, you believe in something else.

 

Of course not. I think that Russia will be within the borders of the USSR. This is at least. If a serious war starts, then Russia will be within the borders of the USSR + Poland, + Finland, + Alaska, + at least northern California.
Look at history. Russia has always acquired territories after the war.

You don't have to worry about the Russians. You better teach your king to look decent. Otherwise, it seems that he suffers from dementia. Along with his surroundings. Show him a photo of Putin, let him see how a modern leader of the nation should look.

 

And much of that divide having been created in part by Russian disinformation efforts targeting Americans. The situation is already improving, I feel, and as Putin's regime falls, so will the neo-Soviet "active measures" causing problems for western democracies further subside.

 

Yea, we hear these messages from Russia every few years, the West will collapse and Russia will emerge as a world superpower. It started few hundred years ago when Russia conquered Eastern Europe and the East:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_genocide

Then after WWI Russia tried to walk through Poland to start revolution in Germany – it didn’t work, the West did not collapse.

Then Russia hoped the West will collapse fighting with Hitler, so Russia together with Nazi Germany tried to divide Eastern Europe – it work until 22 June 1941, when Russia's dear friend Adolf Hitler decided to take Russia too.

During the cold war again we waited for collapse of the West, look how sure Khrushchev is:


And now again the same message: civil war and collapse of the West.

Keep dreaming!

 

Why do you need that influence at a cost of a hot war?
You can play a different ball to win influence besides war.

The west is not at war with Russia but has a policy of containment of Russia. My belief is that is related to Putin's regime and actions.

Maybe, but not because of the reasons you posted.

whats better than manufacturing is the research and development sector, providing information services, intellectual activities and knowledge based activities aimed at future growth and development.
Services such as scientific research, ICT/computing, education, consulting, information management, and financial planning.

I think the west is applying a policy of taking some losses for some of yours you can not support.

I can agree that a recession will hit the EU but it will not make it break apart because Russia currently is a threat. Eventually, the recession will pass. Same for you, but I count on taking longer.

You are not being reasonable.

 

Yup. We have a civil war every 2 and 4 years. It is called VOTING!

 

You have one point of view, I have another point of view. I showed the arguments on which my point of view is based. Your style arguments are "it can't be because I don't like it".
For example, take the issue of the collapse of the EU and wars between former EU members.
Look at what's happening. A few examples from the OFFICIAL chronicle - Poland demands reparations from Germany, Germany raises the issue of disputed territories.
Turkey makes claims to Greece over a number of islands in the Aegean, Greece complains to the French, and Macron openly threatens the Turks. Macedonia has claims to Bulgaria and vice versa .... and there are many such examples. And I don't mention Basques, Corsicans, Catalans...
And do you think that with a sharp drop in the standard of living of the population, all these issues will subside by themselves?.
Remember how the Second World War began - with the annexation of the lands of Czechoslovakia (Germany, Poland, Hungary took an active part in this), Romania.
In general, I think that the collapse of the EU and the war in Europe are inevitable. Speaking of war, I mean a war comparable to the Second World War, but not to the war in Yugoslavia (a terrible war, but still a local war). That is, a war with carpet bombing, missile strikes ... etc. And of course with the favorite entertainment of Europeans - the creation of concentration camps.

 

The great American Mark Twain said - "If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it."
Your alleged "civil wars" in the elections are banal shows for the entertainment of the crowd.

 

That certainly explains your system.

 

Open your favorite Wikipedia and read who Mark Twain is and what country he lived in. If, of course, you can comprehend what you read.

 

He was a great author with a great sense of humor. Greater than any your sad, failed empire has ever produced.