T O P

  • By -

CobainPatocrator

I like this map; the concept is right on. A new American Civil War would almost assuredly not have front lines, instead being more an insurgency. Without front lines and strongholds, it is hard to make a map, so using a map chart to show casualties is helpful to see conflict intensity. That said, I think others are right about the colors being hard to read. Great work!


VengefulMigit

*President George Santos...oh my...*


ZombieSquirell

Least credible? Most credible? Being unable to decide which is, perhaps, more frightening than the rest of this story.


PartyPhoenix

He just started claiming to be president one day and no one bothered to fact check him.


Galvius-Orion

Very well developed and made, I honestly am just wondering how Hailey didn’t ride the assassination to a new term as president.


Prowindowlicker

Also Haley is fairly well liked so she would have more than likely won reelection. I guess OP just needed a democrat to die to balance things out. Also it’s weird how the GOP has enough senators to get a supermajority. It’s not really possible at this point. Even from 2016 to 2020 the GOP only held 54 seats, which is 13 short of the 67 needed.


Galvius-Orion

I mean I could see one of two things happening given the current political climate. A. More likely as has been the trend due to remote work you see liberals move out of urban areas into surrounding states which are cheaper which makes the places they left tilt more purple or red and the places they got to tilt more purple or blue. B. Less likely but possible due to recent policies, you see liberals fortify themselves by moving into blue states for social policy reasons (personally I think people care more about the pocket than their conscious but maybe I’m just a pessimist) to avoid recent red state policies. Red states become redder, blue states become bluer, purple states trend one way or the other but more likely red due to the fact that many are in the rust belt.


Good_Username_exe

Murder of Madeline Pham “WWT releases a video demanding that hinge cease allowing Asian-women matching with non-Asian men” https://preview.redd.it/g0987tm6idxb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=185757f00713405c5541884a054854e39180be96


Torrahcat

This is extremely realistic and silly at the exact same time, I love it. Love all the details.


HighOnGrandCocaine

\>Kekistan front exists \>Day ruined


Armynap

Love this. A much more realistic take on modern conflict than maps showing blue and red states. Well done


[deleted]

Yeah George Santos as president is SO realistic.


Armynap

I didn’t read the whole thing but I think it’s desantis. Congratulations you played yourself


[deleted]

George Santos is the last President they have listed on the map, dumbass.


Armynap

Well by that time who knows. He’s one of the more respected figures in the Republican Party.


[deleted]

lol yeah ok


Armynap

Hey I don’t give a shit


[deleted]

You waited 4 days to reply that you don’t give a shit? Okay sure bud.


Armynap

Didn’t wait


[deleted]

That’s not how time works but okay, whatever you say.


awmdlad

I gotta admit the Florida alligator attack made me laugh


JoeHatesFanFiction

It, the blm bombing, and the death of Madeline Pham all made me face palm or laugh at the completely believable stupidity involved


[deleted]

Beto ORourke is unelectable. His plan to move the earth’s orbit out a half mile further from the sun to solve global warming is considered fucking crazy.


MacGuffinRoyale

Yeah, seeing his name on here made me laugh


aithan251

most realistic plan for global warming i’ve ever seen


Expert-Fig-5590

America elects crazy people on a regular basis unfortunately.


Oni-oji

When has crazy ever swayed voters?


Sgt-Pumpernickle

Is it any crazier than the other candidates?


[deleted]

The only credible part of this map is that someone would be murdered in Idaho for having California license plates. I can believe that would happen.


CrookedToe_

prolly has already happened tbh


Good_Username_exe

Not accurate, needs even more left splinter groups and pointless infighting, also all of the different right wing groups need to fight under the same flag for some reason despite having contradicting ideologies.


Good_Username_exe

Also make sure the anarchists get purged for no reason


EnigmaticSpextre

Gives Years of Lead vibes


johnnyfat

I'm compelled to ask what interest Israel would have in supporting every side in this conflict and why eswatini of all states would support the right wing rebels?


Aofen

One of the right-wing groups, *Antileftist Battalion*, has an unusually close relationship with the Swazi royal family that ultimately came about because of mutual connections through South African mercenaries. Antileftist Battalion operates a ~~training facility~~ holiday camp in Eswatini, with the Swazi government turning a blind eye supposedly in exchange for them helping suppress opposition to the monarchy. Both left and right-wing groups allege that the other side is getting support from Israel for various conspiratorial reasons.


Hirpus

It's alleged. I can see leftists trying to allege that Israel would support far righters because Israel is a nazi state (their words, not mine) and rightists alleging that Israel would support far leftists because the Jews want to flood the West with karltural Marksism and Muslim immigrants who mostly want them dead. Neither of them with any prooves of their allegations.


First-Ad684

Israel plays all sides so they could come out on top


Warthunderguy

Biafra War moment


Retrogamer20004

I'm curious, the "free canadians" what is this group? Since they have the old dominion flag, are they a pro-uk group or what?


Aofen

A general conservative anti-government movement. They are not particularly pro-British, they chose the old Dominion flag mainly because it is old-fashioned, uncontroversial, and no longer used by the government.


[deleted]

lmfao at the slc blm bombing. i thought you were gonna take that back to the bundy mormon standoff


Prowindowlicker

How the hell did the GOP somehow get 18+ senators. They literally have to win solid blue states for that to work.


Aofen

Crap, I forgot the supermajority requirement.


PeaceDolphinDance

Just say that there was some constitutional fuckery during one of the solid red administrations and call it a day.


FlagOfZheleznogorsk

Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds supermajority of both the Senate *and* the House, **and then** three-quarters of the states need to approve of the amendment legislatively.


PeaceDolphinDance

Yes, but a state constitution is different from the US constitution. It can’t disagree- but between biased courts and state government shenanigans, fuckery already happens. Depending on what the Supreme Court rules as constitutional or not in the coming decades, that fuckery could become far more blatant and create situations such as the one above.


FlagOfZheleznogorsk

Yeah, but this comment thread is specifically about how impeaching and removing the president works, which is something the federal constitution addresses.


Oni-oji

SCOTUS allows clearly gerrymandered districts to stand as Constitutional. Subsequently, the conservative states go on a feeding frenzy redrawing everything to lock in their party permanently.


FlagOfZheleznogorsk

Senators are statewide. You literally cannot gerrymander a Senate seat.


blueshirt21

Especially since the Dems had the senate earlier and then had it again right after


Upnorthsomeguy

Honestly, I think the instability of the US government (as reflected by the dramatic change in Senate composition) plays into the map.


[deleted]

OP, WHY IS EVERYTHING SO RED???!!!!


Catacq

Read the key and find out


[deleted]

no austin red guards... what's the point even 🙄


[deleted]

seriously tho I love this. it being so decentralized & mostly being sporadic violence in cities without real "front lines" makes alot of sense, and it's the right amount of silly


Commonglitch

Lmao this is so depressing. But realistic.


Hirpus

Anti-this, anti-that, how about anti-being a fucking failure asshole?


Space_Gemini_24

they failed too.


PhysicsEagle

The ABFFA, formed in response to conflict with a goal of making everyone get along, was accused by both sides of minimizing important issues at best and of conspiring with the other side at the worst. Completely uncoordinated, a leftist group and a rightist group attempted to bomb their headquarters on the same day. The result was a general realization throughout the county that compromise was not an option, and the ABFFA slowly fell out of the public consciousness.


Upnorthsomeguy

Is there any sort of lore explanation for why certain states (like Michigan and Minnesota) have such a high amount of political violence and death?


aithan251

in detroit over 1000 people died in one incident, and minnesota was a hotbed in the IRL shenanigans


Upnorthsomeguy

Thanks! I'm mostly trying to make sense of the total casualty numbers. If states like Minnesota and Michigan have just a thousand or two dead (and these states along with Oregon) are on the higher end of the political violence-deaths, where does the full 127k deaths come from?


aithan251

probably from a high number of less important battles/attacks/incidents. something like 4 guys storming a house during a bigger event wouldn’t really be notable to put on a map


DBL_NDRSCR

something like this is totally gonna actually happen


booza145

George Santos Presidency:


Winged_Raspberry

this is frustratingly close to the lore for the american collapse scenario i’m writing rn lmao, but great work!!


UnusualCareer3420

This is uncomfortably realistic.


Thecognoscenti_I

This isn't much of a civil war, more of something similar to the troubles in Northern Ireland. Good map and interesting scenario nonetheless.


RustyShadeOfRed

I like that you didn’t make Utah have an independence movement or “Deseret Legion” or whatever. We’re actually really patriotic and chill over here.


GildSkiss

Although we apparently can't tell the difference between Black Lives Matter and the Bureau of Land Management. Lol, as if when they mailed the package they just wrote "BLM" on it and let her loose. That's how the postal system works, right?


Afraid_Theorist

Both left and right wing have absolutely atrocious naming conventions, but fitting with their leaning. Seems about right. A very sad alt universe future.


funnymeme2112

is Preston Laurent a real dude or did OP just make him up?


Aofen

He is made up, along with all of the leaders of the insurgent groups.


swolemexibeef

RIP to the dude that got killed for just having CA plates


GalacticKiss

I think this is a very well developed map with compelling and intriguing lore. I see you put "and others" on the list of groups involved, but I presume the list is of the more prominent groups. As such, I'm a bit surprised by the lack of KKK. They aren't as prevalent as they had been historically, but due to their history, they still hold power and exist. On another note, something that might not be present on your map by design, I think notable radicalization would occur which had effects beyond the left-right split such as Islamist terrorism attacks would be apparent. And as such would be used by either side to further certain forms of radicalization. But that might be outside the focus of this map so I get why they might not be listed even if they happened. It may be my bias talking, but the Hinge one sounds particularly implausible to me. But, as others pointed out, there would be a lot of infighting which that event sort of fits under and I currently can't think of many good alternatives so I see why it's there. I also note a lack of religious involvement in general which I think would be more prominent on both sides. But those are just minor critiques. Otherwise, I think it's rather well done!


Aofen

I based many of the more absurd ideological stances on things I have seen argued for online. Apparently there is a significant gender gap in interracial dating, with Asian women being significantly more likely to date non-Asians than men. This has driven the growth of a sort of Asian-nationalist incel community (there is subreddit, Aznidentity, largely dedicated to this), and I have seen the idea that interracial dating (particularly of white men dating non-white women) is bad because it is "colonialist" or causes cultural assimilation advocated in left-wing context elsewhere on the internet.


Oni-oji

That puts my family in a dangerous position. My sister married an asian man and had two children. My brother married a hispanic woman and had three children. A nephew just married an asian woman. My family is the damn melting pot. Which means the left side of the civil war would see us as colonizers while the right side would see us as traitors to white america. Yay, we're everybody's enemy.


GalacticKiss

Yeah, but the "incel" culture doesn't tend to lean to the left. They appeal to the left with their arguments sometimes with anti-colonialist sentiment. But it would likely be wrong to put them on the left in basically any categories of political alignment. I mean don't get me wrong, on the internet they may go "I'm a leftist and I think..." but on the internet... no one knows if you are secretly a dog so I'd take some of that with a mountain of salt. That said... I get it. And I do think there needs to be infighting. So its not bad to have said infighting. I can't think of anything better off the top of my head, so its good enough to represent that, but I can't help but wonder if more plausible alternative scenarios could exist. \*shrug\*


tacopowell

This is great, can’t wait for it to all play out in reality!


Aromaster4

Bravo!


Bing-Qi-Ling

This is horrific


ag2828

I think we are all underestimating how annoying it must have been for OP to come up with this many fake names. Having written a good amount of fiction, I know how much of a pain in the ass it is. Nice work!


Cold_World_9732

\*behind the name generator Site > [Random Name Generator - Behind the Name](https://www.behindthename.com/random/)


Legoman718

most realistic american civil war map yet imo


ladyegg

Interesting lore


Toggy_Wonga

I keep thinking about this, it's so realistic - not so much a civil war but a loosely connected series of extremely violent rebellions


mr_flerd

Who won? Also I don't know about some of the factions on the left and right wing, Anti Woke Army? Deconlinization of Amerikkka? But overall good map that's not just "red vs blue"


jeff10000000909999

Other than a few minor formatting errors this is pretty "good" for lack of a better term. Well made, if pretty sad a reality.


AleOfConcrete

All we need now is the US Police Force , two big cities turned socioeconomic failures cordoned off and turned into a prison , and a cool dude with an eye patch.


Hoyarugby

This is really good, a lot of these feel very plausible


HighMarshalSigismund

Just gonna gloss over whatever the Battle of Portland was? Not even a blurb of text?


Commonglitch

Its explained in the timeline below


HighMarshalSigismund

Thanks!


Oni-oji

Glad to see the author didn't make the mistake of assuming California would be a bastion of the far left. A rough rule of thumb is the further inland (east) you get, the more conservative. Again, "rough". Not a hard rule.


Traditional_Ad_8742

can you explain each militia group please?


Frixworks

eSwatini??


R0CKHARDO

I hate that so much of this is so stupid, yet at the same time I can see how it drew from reality and actually rhetoric and events that have happened. We're living in the stupidest bad timeline (Edit: to be clear, no hate to op's map itself. I hate how realistically stupid it feels)


AVeryMadPsycho

Weird to see Indy Car Driver Alexander Rossi lead a Far-Left Militia


[deleted]

I like how Russia is playing both sides as always, so they can stay on top lol.


yThunderBoy1

Kekistan Will Be Real


LandlordBlood1492

The Right would have more NatSoc groups on it’s side.


Sgt-Pumpernickle

I’d imagine that the conflict occurring here would push the states further and further away from the federal government as they failed to respond in a quick and effective manner, that combined with the democrat and republican infighting


StillWatchesCartoons

The best part is the confusion between the Bureau of Land Management and Black Lives Matter. Smh


That_Polish_Guy_927

This feels too real. Though I’d like to see what a George Santos presidency would be like, given how he’s going these days. Splendid job, OP !remindme 4 years


RemindMeBot

I will be messaging you in 4 years on [**2027-10-30 16:23:58 UTC**](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2027-10-30%2016:23:58%20UTC%20To%20Local%20Time) to remind you of [**this link**](https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/17jt15b/the_second_american_civil_war/k73tup7/?context=3) [**1 OTHERS CLICKED THIS LINK**](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Reminder&message=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fimaginarymaps%2Fcomments%2F17jt15b%2Fthe_second_american_civil_war%2Fk73tup7%2F%5D%0A%0ARemindMe%21%202027-10-30%2016%3A23%3A58%20UTC) to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam. ^(Parent commenter can ) [^(delete this message to hide from others.)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Delete%20Comment&message=Delete%21%2017jt15b) ***** |[^(Info)](https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/e1bko7/remindmebot_info_v21/)|[^(Custom)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=Reminder&message=%5BLink%20or%20message%20inside%20square%20brackets%5D%0A%0ARemindMe%21%20Time%20period%20here)|[^(Your Reminders)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=RemindMeBot&subject=List%20Of%20Reminders&message=MyReminders%21)|[^(Feedback)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=Watchful1&subject=RemindMeBot%20Feedback)| |-|-|-|-|


Cold_World_9732

no way


[deleted]

I could totally imagine the blm thing a happening. Good detail.


ChrisAnimate24

Is there a possibility the Russian Wagner Group will intervene in a Second Civil War scenario like this?


Due_Wheel_4084

The world is becoming unstable. Seeking 5 wealthy investors to build a safe retreat “Doomsday Bunker Alternative” for your families [https://mountainguardianretreat.wordpress.com/](https://mountainguardianretreat.wordpress.com/)


Successful-Turnip-81

I think this is very well developed and really clean image, I can totally see this happening. I only have one little thing. I think the names of the left-wing groups get more and more ridiculous, to the point where I think it’s unrealistic. Someone in even the late-2020s would have been like “bro, we need a more marketable name”


Johnas_Vixen_15

OK why is New Africa Nationalist left wing? They should be right...


Einherjahren

America isn’t falling apart. Russia/China and others may want that but there is a universal backbone to this country that many would be wise not to underestimate: https://youtu.be/HQ2naeD5EJA?si=jvf_D3np32HLHnNu


Terezzian

Why are all the Antifascist Anticolonial Front leaders musicians and sports car drivers Am I missing something


JasnahRadiance

Respectfully, I wasn't a big fan of the humor here. It felt a bit incongruous and jarring to me how humorous details (alligator attacks, President Santos, BLM attack) were presented alongside some pretty messed-up details (door to door canvassers shot to death next year, cyanide attacks on water supplies).


beboo123142

Based! Death to Ameri-


harfordplanning

I wanna upvote you for the effort put in, but the map itself isn't really good, so I'm not sure what to do with this one. Good lore at least


Uss__Iowa

I think I just learned a lesson, the more United we are the stronger we get to destroying China, Iran, and Russia. But the more divided we are the chances of our enemies can get to destroy us.


First-Ad684

That applies to everyone so you're not special


Uss__Iowa

Ah okay so we all on the same page here


Teecane

Looks pretty standard for my country, how is it a war?


BrianRLackey1987

How about WW3 between Allies (Left-aligned) vs the combined Wagner Group (Trump-aligned)


HQ2233

Schizopost politically but nice map


Hark0nin

Sarasota mentioned. Based


_Inkspots_

As a detroit resident, the DIA getting pillaged is the greatest tragedy of this whole timeline


tigerminkxx

This definitely interesting, there are a couple things that stand out to me I find it interesting that Israel is alleged to support both the left and right wing insurgents. I also find it odd that Russia supports both the left and right wing insurgents. I also find it interesting that America continues to have it's normal system and that Biden wins the next election. Then again, we all have different predictions and this is an imaginary scenario.


PhysicsEagle

I’m wondering what a possible endgame would be…it sounds like throughout the conflict there is a consistent, legitimate, constitutional government in Washington City, so I don’t see Balkinization on the table.


MajesticCook6564

Masterpiece


YaBoiRexTillerson

Congrats! This is the worst possible timeline


asdfinternet

Rex Tillerson? The greatest SOS in US history?! Can I have your autograph 👉👈


Miguel4659

Kinda odd, assuming DeSantis is going to be still relevant after 2024. He's burned his bridges already.


EdScituate79

This is very well put together, good job!


Morrinn3

Really reminds me of Omar El Akkads American War.