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> Midterm elections are approaching and the federal government has already shown its willingness to deploy the military to big cities for intimidation purposes.

Fall of democracy to dictatorship is a different problem than a failed state, and both that and balkanization are more likely than a failed state scenario (though balkanization could result in one or more failed states among the successors.)



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