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Victor_c3

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8. The need to defend their home with excessive force is a conservative dream come true

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 24, 2020, 11:11 AM

Apr 2020

Some of these people would like nothing more than to shelter in their prepper-bunkers and to have a half-assed reason to shoot their neighbors. A situation like that would justify a lifetime of their crazy behavior

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How Bad Might it Get? Think Great Depression [View all] marmar Apr 2020 OP

i'm so glad my home is paid off. I just have to worry about the property taxes now. Javaman Apr 2020 #1

My motorhome that I live in fulltime is paid for. I just need to buy SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #13

Me too. MiniMe Apr 2020 #14

i'm not as optimistic as you. i'm thinking dark ages rampartc Apr 2020 #2

Neo feudalism. Arthur_Frain Apr 2020 #4

For those of us fortunate enough to live in a liberal region, Balkanization might not be a bad thing Victor_c3 Apr 2020 #7

The deconstruction of the U.S. would be a nightmare in so many ways. Arthur_Frain Apr 2020 #12

It's not just economic deprivation. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #3

The need to defend their home with excessive force is a conservative dream come true Victor_c3 Apr 2020 #8

And that partially explains the pathological desperation for gun owners no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #9

I don't think there was a breakdown of the social order in this country PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #10

That was then. This is now. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #11

I remember seeing someone post "Make America Great Depression Again" a few months back Claustrum Apr 2020 #5

The two main reasons the GD lasted so long was Hoover and the gold standard. roamer65 Apr 2020 #6

This is the end of capitalism it is failing scarytomcat Apr 2020 #15