My apologies to @Transcended Trucel, I told him his theory wasn't likely. I was wrong.
But only partially wrong. The civil war won't be between different pacts. It'll be between the states that formed pacts, and the states that refused pacts/chose to be loyal to The Federation.
paleofuture.gizmodo.com
Below is a map of the United States, with each current state alliance highlighted. Blue is the "Western States Pact." Orange is the "Midwest-Kentucky Compact." Purple is "Covid Corridor," because that's where most of the coronavirus is. Everything else isn't in a pact yet.
The pacts themselves aren't gonna fight. Covid Corridor and the Midwest Compact aren't gonna war over the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. But look at what's happening right now. When the Midwest Compact was being formed, the leaders went and asked other Midwestern states if they wanted to join. Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota all refused. South Dakota refusing specifically because they don't think this coronavirus thing is that big of a deal.
That, I believe, is what dissent between the states will be based on. The Midwest Compact is gonna be like "South Dakota is an idiot!" And South Dakota is gonna be like "The Midwest Compact is an idiot!" And hostilities will grow from there. Not guns and stuff, but Cold War hostilities. Embargoes, for instance. South Dakota doesn't wanna wash their hands? Fine, nobody in the Midwest Compact shake South Dakota's hand anymore. It's too dangerous. South Dakota replies in kind. Midwest Compact doesn't wanna shake my hand? Fine, I'll do something to inconvenience the Midwest Compact. They're taking business away from me? I'm keeping business away from them. Travel restrictions, lines in the sand are drawn, and in 20 years yeah we might have us a civil war. At least a Cold Civil War.
But only partially wrong. The civil war won't be between different pacts. It'll be between the states that formed pacts, and the states that refused pacts/chose to be loyal to The Federation.
America Needs New Names for the State Alliances Forming to Circumvent Trump
In the early 1980s, Washington Post editor Joel Garreau wrote about how he would redraw the map of North America as new countries, giving each region a new name. There was Dixie in the south, Ecotopia in the northwest, and the Breadbasket in the Midwest, among plenty of others. With the U.S...
paleofuture.gizmodo.com
Below is a map of the United States, with each current state alliance highlighted. Blue is the "Western States Pact." Orange is the "Midwest-Kentucky Compact." Purple is "Covid Corridor," because that's where most of the coronavirus is. Everything else isn't in a pact yet.
The pacts themselves aren't gonna fight. Covid Corridor and the Midwest Compact aren't gonna war over the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. But look at what's happening right now. When the Midwest Compact was being formed, the leaders went and asked other Midwestern states if they wanted to join. Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota all refused. South Dakota refusing specifically because they don't think this coronavirus thing is that big of a deal.
That, I believe, is what dissent between the states will be based on. The Midwest Compact is gonna be like "South Dakota is an idiot!" And South Dakota is gonna be like "The Midwest Compact is an idiot!" And hostilities will grow from there. Not guns and stuff, but Cold War hostilities. Embargoes, for instance. South Dakota doesn't wanna wash their hands? Fine, nobody in the Midwest Compact shake South Dakota's hand anymore. It's too dangerous. South Dakota replies in kind. Midwest Compact doesn't wanna shake my hand? Fine, I'll do something to inconvenience the Midwest Compact. They're taking business away from me? I'm keeping business away from them. Travel restrictions, lines in the sand are drawn, and in 20 years yeah we might have us a civil war. At least a Cold Civil War.
