Iwas wrong.

For years, despite all of the partisan fighting, I’ve been very dismissive of the idea that our country would become entangled in another civil war. But, unfortunately, we might be in the early stages of one.

One of the main reasons why I couldn’t imagine internecine conflict is because states are more politically diverse than just a collection of solid red and solid blue on an Electoral College map. For example, while Republicans love to criticize California as a Democratic hellscape, more people voted for Donald Trump in the Golden State (more than 6 million) than in the dozen smallest states where the president finished ahead of Kamala Harris – combined. Where would Trump voters in California go to fight in a civil war? Los Angeles or Oregon?

But diversity and nuance are

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