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How Likely Is A Second American Civil War?

Many Americans think we are headed for a Civil War, are we there already?

Martin Knapp
6 min readMar 7, 2024

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A few weeks ago, I posted my article on the conflicts to watch out for in 2024. America made that list as an honorable mention, and there are a few good reasons why. Having lived all over the world, there are a few truths I have come to learn about the public square, no matter what country it is:

  1. Laws are very flexible, they can be created or changed at any time.
  2. The application of the law is only as relevant as a population’s willingness or ability to pursue it.
  3. Over a long timeline, the application of the law is concentrated among the elite within any given country.

The United States is undergoing some growing pains right now, and through these growing pains it is discovering that these three truths even apply to its own shores.

The United States is only 247 years old — which against popular media belief, is quite old. Yes you read that correctly. Geographically its as old as anything else. Demographically it has been dealing with massive painful change since the 1600s when the Europeans were naive enough to believe they “discovered” something and…

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Martin Knapp
Martin Knapp

Written by Martin Knapp

I write about economics, geopolitics, and conflict. Short posts on X @GeoPoliticaMK My fiction author site: https://www.edwardgye.com/