What starts a civil war?

Outside influences no 1

Look at any civil war worldwide in the post WW2 era and one of the permanent five security council members will in some way be fanning the flames be it ethno religious or political fracutring

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: xpert11

I thought people always felt alienated, ignored, and suppressed by their governments.

Which governments are you referring too?

Our systems of government are there to oppress the people and collect taxes and monies.

Democratic societies rely on fragile respect for constitutional and parliamentary systems of governance.

Democracy is no different and as to people coming together for shared goals, well is that not communism of a sorts?

Respecting and maintaining the intuitions of government and the shared values are the foundations of democracy. Broadly, freedom of speech/ideas are one the corner stones of free countries.

a reply to: xpert11

All of them devised throughout recorded history.

Respect is earned, our gooberments deserve very little if any.

Is that what people are doing lately showing respect? LoL

Nothing is free, even freedom xpert11, there is always a price to be paid.

Broadly, your notion of freedom and democracy is a prison where you cannot see the bars, nonetheless a desirable state of illusion, and the best "they" have come up with to date.

originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: azvol

An idiot would be a “who”. The OP asked “what”.

King Charles I of England startted The English Civil War because he usurped Parliament.

His action in doing so made him an idiot.
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Azvol reply:

As I SAID, the OP asked “What” (usurping parliament) not “who”. (King Charles) Semantics. There is obviously a “who” behind every “what”, Just trying to pin down the whats and not the whos as OP requested.

We’re living in alternative worlds, 1/2 believes the MSM lies and the other knows the truth and TRUMP will be president 4 more years, we will have 2 Presidents sitting in the United States 🇺🇸, believe it or not. 1/2 the nation can’t force the other to accept their president of choice. a reply to: TheLieWeLive

Double posted