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Thank you, RR. (For posting the statistical research I was too lazy to look up)

When I first read this I thought 'Oh shit! John Titor is being proven right somewhat vaguely!'

I don't really think this argument holds any substance. I can see a civil war happening but not next year.

Who are going to be the combatants in this civil war?

I think it's safe to say that most people would rather be poor then a battlefield casualty, so I don't see a civil war breaking out due to our economic problems. The only thing I could see causing a civil war was if they ever tried to bring back the draft.

This is the greatest premise for a war ever, Ozzie! On one side, the U.S Government; on the other, a bunch of 18 to 30-something pacifists outraged at the notion of being forced into combat. What lies in the balance? Their right to not fight in a war if they don't want to!

Request thread title changed to: The Harry Turtledove Plot Leak.

How will this affect future attempts to reclaim the Americas Cup?

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Originally Posted by Zergrinch (Post 670567)

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According to a Russian Professor, anyway, after a ruinous civil war breaks out in mid-2009.

Source: As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. - WSJ.com

Spoiler:

Of course, my first reaction after reading this piece was to laugh out very loudly indeed. The face of it looks much like wishful thinking on the part of a quack Russian academic. And he was in fact treated like a quack for the better part of a decade.

But! My interactions with lurker in chat have proven to me that I know absolutely nothing about how Americans believe. Thus, while I may personally think that such an outcome is ludicrous, perhaps I might be mistaken in my belief!

So, I hereby pose this question to the people who live in America, who work in America, and who know America best. Is there, in fact, a "45-55% chance" that such a thing will happen next year?

Well the country is long-overdue for a revolution, but as it is I don't foresee anything that could lead the US to fall apart unless we hit another depression. If we fall into a depression though, then I won't be surprised in the least if something like that happens.
But if we get absorbed into other countries I expect Canada and China will get a bigger chunk than what that guy's predicting, especially since the two countries own our ass as it is. Not like I'll care, if I think we're getting close to a civil war I'm heading to Canada. No way in hell am I putting my life on the line for this place.

The European Union almost rejected Turkey due to it not being a part of Europe, so what makes this Russian professor think that the European Union would accept the Northeast? And screw Europe, by the way, I'm from the Northeast and I would rather not be thought of as having the same mindset as one of the strange Americans this professor surveyed/stalked.