wildyams

I hate to say it, but I'm really starting to think that maybe John Titor was right. Maybe we really are heading towards a second Civil War.

Allow me to explain.

I've been reading a lot of stuff online since the election which fills me with dread, anger, despair and nervousness. There seems to be a lot out there voicing one of two opinions about the state of things, and both of which seem to be headed towards huge divisiveness here in America. The first opinion I've been reading is that the election was hacked, or manipulated, or stolen, basically. There's a lot of very fishy stuff out there about the way the votes were collected or counted, or about the companies that make the voting machines, or about how the exit polls differed so wildly from the actual tallies in some states, to the documentary Votergate; enough to really make you wonder how legit our electoral process really is. The mainstream media hasn't really picked this story up yet, and the Democrats (who would supposedly have the most to gain if it came out that the Republicans stole the election) haven't been saying much either, but there are a few blurbs here and there that are starting to come to the surface. If it was to come out that the election was rigged, or even worse, if previous elections have been rigged, and it turned out we couldn't really be sure who in our government was supposed to be in power, it worries me what might be the ramifications of that.

The other stuff I've been reading is less conspiratorial, but no less worrisome. The things I'm referring to is all the sentiment of people from the blue states being outraged with the people from the red states (and vice versa), and the growing chasm between the two groups of people. I think we are getting beyond the point of these groups being able to debate rationally, and that is not good for the unity of the nation. When two areas of this country hate each other more than they do other countries, what does that portend? I see maps online outlining the similarities between the areas of the country that supported slavery back in 1860 and the red states of today, and I read articles of people saying that the south never got over losing the first Civil War, and it worries me. Is this where we're headed again?

Worst case scenario, what if both of the above are true? What if there is already this huge animosity between rural America and urban America, and it comes out that the election was a fraud? What then? When I first heard of John Titor back in February, I remember thinking "what could possibly lead to another Civil War in this country?" I now worry that I can see a possible answer to that question.