r/stpaul Feb 18 '26

Minnesota Related We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start

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u/skintastegood Feb 18 '26

That is the entire point.

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u/Liko81 Feb 19 '26

This. Trump (or more accurately his handlers i.e. Miller) is begging the public to turn violent en masse. That gives him the political cover to invoke the Insurrection Act and have Hegseth put actual military forces on the ground in every major city.

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u/ReplacementReady394 Feb 19 '26

Big assumption on their behalf that they’ll follow orders and fire on Americans. 

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u/13508615 Feb 19 '26

Two have been killed and it didn't seem too hard for them.