When we talk about a new civil war (one that won’t start in defense of an orange narcissist’s regime), DMZ comes close to describing a plausible scenario. From Teh Wiki:
In issue #8, its explained that the Free States are less a geographical entity than “an idea”, and that the movement began with an uprising of secessionist groups that formed a separate government in Montana before spreading across the country.
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Midwestern militia groups revolt against their local governments in protest of rampant U.S. adventurism overseas and, in the absence of the National Guard, are able to gain far more ground than they thought possible. Small insurgent groups pop up in towns and cities across the country, and a sizable force, the Free States Army, pushes toward Manhattan. The city proves too big for them to take, and also for the U.S. Army to defend. The war stalls there, a stalemate, neither side being able to shift things.
The loosely affiliated militia groups are united by right-wing populism, isolationationism, ammosexuality, and white supremacy. In the series, the “Free States” are basically provided their opening by a corrupt U.S. government that’s completely in thrall to the military-industrial complex and that’s starved states and municipalities of funding as it wages numerous forever wars.
In a real-world scenario, urban enclaves of the wealthy would be protected by the U.S. government and the battles would be fought in Ameristan, but I understand why it’s more dramatic to envision Manhattan as a war zone in the comics and now TV series.
