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He says special forces are dangerous because they are hard to control, can become violent autonomous actors, and are trained in demolition and covert operations.
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Militarization
He says special forces are dangerous because they are hard to control, can become violent autonomous actors, and are trained in demolition and covert operations.
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He summarizes the civil-war causal triad as militarized society, breakdown of shared narratives, and collapse of trusted authority figures.
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"That's how powerful America is. But then you have special forces. And, again, we've discussed special forces in this class before. And we said..."
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"...to explode. So, the first major issue is just the over -militarization of America where anyone who has access to weapons can choose to..."
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"...right now. You have three things going on. You have the militarization of society. Where anyone can start a war for no reason, okay?..."
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"And number three is there are no more authority figures, no more institutions that can bring people together. They're going to divide people, okay?..."
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A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
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