That dilemma stems from newly proposed USPS rules that seek to comply with an executive order President Donald Trump signed this spring to crack down on mail-in voting. If courts let the order stand, it would give the federal government an unprecedented role in elections — and could put even more voter data in the hands of Trump officials searching for supposed election fraud.

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    19 hours ago

    Yeah I don’t disagree at all, I think I underestimated how placated the American public(myself included) were and how much that would drive us to just keep on with our daily routines. Eventually something will break but I can’t see what might be anymore. Gas prices and the midterms will be interesting indicators, $7 a gallon in Tennessee or the like might cause something in rural areas while election denial claims if the DNC wins big in November could prompt a crisis on the state gov level. But limbo is where we are right now for sure

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      17 hours ago

      Honestly if I’m being completely realistic it probably won’t be a major thing that kicks off balkanization or whatever but moreso a straw that broke the camels back type thing. It could very well be something stupid like Trump dying and the power struggle on the right ripping apart whatever little internal cohesion remains. Or it could just be just a police shooting and subsequent protest spiraling into a succession crises followed by balkanization.

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        15 hours ago

        Regardless of what the turning point is I feel it’s locked in at this point in some form