It Could Happen Here: What Do We Do to Prevent the Second Civil War (Yes, Seriously) - A Podcast Review

The intrepid Robert Evans has started the eye opening and terrifyong podcast, It Could Happen Here. Two episodes released, two episodes listened to. The first episode poses as "science fiction" using quotes from Right leaning Extremists and stats to ground a future "Second Civil War" into reality. Evans's making such a scenario sound extremely plausible feels scary enough. Hearing the recorded quotes of Right leaning Extremists push for civil war, talk about conspiracies coming from the Left, and the anger in their voices strikes even more horror into my bones. These people believe the crazy sounding stuff they say, and the likes of Trump and the rest of the GOP just fan the flames of anger and fear for power and to undermine democracy.

The second episode about rural Right Extremists waging war on the rest of the country, without much of a science fiction element, gets just as much if not more scary. Evans gets so deep into logistics about how the rural Right Extremists could wage successful war, I worried the podcast could inspire Right leaning Extremists, give them ideas, or even radicalize people who haven't gone that far yet.

Then Evans reveals the rural right Extremists have already come up with these ideas. Bringing the logistics and ideas up on It Could Happen Here won't cause any additional damage because the rural Right Extremists have already thought up these ideas and realized these logistics on their own. If anything, Evans has brought the logistics and ideas up to the ears of a different audience, so they can know what likely will come.

It Could Happen Here brings to the surface scary stuff that the mainstream media doesn't take seriously but should. Neither do the politicians in the Center or the Left that we see in office or running for office, even though they should. Politicians on the Right, especially the likes of Trump, simply fan the flames and encourage this behavior, planning, and stockpiling of weapons and radicalizing of people. . .all with indirect language that supposedly doesn't implicate him but dog whistles to the Extremist Right to undermine democracy, undermine the United States government, and embolden hateful people to rise up and fight so the country can't be governed in their attempt to realize their hateful ideals.

Evans makes a refrain about a possible Second Civil War that should come to us all as an important warning: If something isn't done, then a Second Civil War will likely come in the future, and we likely won't acknowledge its existence until its too late. So what can we do to prevent a Second Civil War? How do we deflate the Extremist Right without giving up on protections for marginalized people, without pulling back on affirming people, without giving into the hate of Extremists. . .especially when giving into violence and anger gives what the Extremists want? How do level heads get control of the conversation again? We can't ignore this bullshit happening, but how do we change the path we're on when the Extremists will stop at nothing to destroy and dominate? Anyone have any good ideas? How do we deflate the powder keg in our society right now?

It Could Happen Here will make you uncomfortable, but it will give you a quick kick in the butt to reveal that this bullcrap is happening, probably under ours nose and in our country. The lone gunmen and mass shootings that we hear about in the news aren't necessarily the acts of lone crazy people. People take QAnon seriously. Even before we became aware of these things, the Right leaning Extremists had been brewing and planning. The rise of Trump and the capitulation of the Republican party to these Extremists is just the most recent symptom that has finally come to the attention of the mainstream culture of the United States.

Robert Evans will make you uncomfortable, roll you off your comfortable chair, and you need it. Evans is providing a valuable service here. Subscribe It Could Happen Here with your favorite podcatcher, join in the conversation, and maybe you can help prevent the future carnage of a possible Second Civil War.

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