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		bombcar on April 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is everything falling apart? Americans seem to think that we're the only ones who ever had a Civil War and that it is a Really Big Deal, ignoring that there are civil conflicts occurring right now, and with higher body counts, too.

hotpotamus on April 29, 2022 | [–]

Yeah, way to gatekeep civil wars America.

NoGravitas on April 29, 2022 | | [–]

While that's true, I think it's worth noting that a civil war in the country with the largest nuclear arsenal in the world would be Very Bad.

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