It's true, I have met many good people, who like myself see themselves as far away from the dems as from the reps. (Kinda like me, who considers himself American, but not from the United States... though this takes us a bit away from the point at hand.) As many as there may be, though, it's still a marginal exception to the norm - or so it seems to me. So I really hope you are right, and they will in fact turn out to be a kind of silent majority, who will speak up at the decisive moment, so that cool heads can prevail.
As it turns out, the first article I saw a friend share on another social media site is this one: A wargame designer defines our four possible civil wars. I'm kind of a history buff (as is the author), so I couldn't help reading and enjoying this, even though one scenario described is worse than the next one.
Oh, I don't think we are even close to a silent majority. We are however formidable. I don't mean we are going to go out and win civil wars. Not at all. I think we are capable of taking care of ourselves and each other and make other powerful converts. It is a revolution of diy and philosophy.
Personally, I think open source, permaculture, crypto and makers are going in the direction of peace, prosperity and robustness that can outcompete the religion of the State. We don't need to win over everyone, we just need to keep doing what we are already doing.
We are small in number, but we are growing in real power.
Awesome! I really like what you're saying. Let's make it happen!
Lol. Well, this platform is where I think that conversation will be taking place.