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The condition in which private citizens, police, state forces, federal agencies, and military branches all possess war-making capacity.
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Over-militarization
The condition in which private citizens, police, state forces, federal agencies, and military branches all possess war-making capacity.
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Jiang says a civil war is likely because American society is over-militarized at every level, from private gun ownership through local police and federal security agencies.
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"...war would probably break out. The first major reason is the over -militarization of America. And so what this means is that, first of..."
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"Then you have federal agencies like the FBI and the CIA and Homeland Security, okay? NSA, okay? There's dozens of these federal agencies. They..."
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"...waiting to explode. So, the first major issue is just the over -militarization of America where anyone who has access to weapons can choose..."
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A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
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