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Chichiri

(4,667 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 10:21 PM Oct 2019

Threatening a civil war? Here's what the last guys had.

The Confederate Army, at its peak strength, contained half the troops of the Union army. Can you raise 1.07 million troops?

The Confederates had about a third the wealth of the Union. Can you raise $33 trillion?

The Confederates had about half the Union's agricultural capacity in wheat and corn to feed their troops. Can you grow about 30 million tons of wheat and 7 billion bushels of corn?

The Confederates had about as much livestock as the Union. Can you round up 47 million head of cattle?

The Confederates had about a fifth the Union's manufacturing capacity. Can you commandeer 60,000 factories to support your war?

Civil war? Don't make me laugh.

What you're threatening is a tantrum with a body count.

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Threatening a civil war? Here's what the last guys had. (Original Post) Chichiri Oct 2019 OP
They threatening what they are already doing, well certain christofascists Thomas Hurt Oct 2019 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author gristy Oct 2019 #2
Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #3
It's a silly pipe dream of a few out-o-shape, camo-wearing, AR-15 toting... brush Oct 2019 #4

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. They threatening what they are already doing, well certain christofascists
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 10:33 PM
Oct 2019

are doing, more terrorist attacks ala McVeigh.

Response to Chichiri (Original post)

brush

(53,794 posts)
4. It's a silly pipe dream of a few out-o-shape, camo-wearing, AR-15 toting...
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 12:44 AM
Oct 2019

middle-aged white guys with little training who would last a week in the field against the National Guard, much less the regular army.

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