The government has the police and the army. The only way I can them collapsing is if there is a mutiny in one or both of those forces. That's highly unlikely. More likely is an even more draconian , authoritarian government.
You talk of civil war in the UK as an inevitability, and how it will begin with many factions on opposing sides but as blood is shed this war will become tribal and ethnically based. If this war is short and bloody, with the dominant advantage being with native Britons/Europeans, what sort of future political and societal settlement do you think would sate the victors in this case...or indeed work?
Please read an article by Dominic Adler on substack as part of your research for this interview. It's caller "thinking the unthinkable".
My question would be, what advise would Dr Betz give to police officers and those responsible for defending our society from malicious entities as things escalate? Also what can normal people do to prepare themselves for the challenges that will face them in the event of civil conflict?
Assuming civilisation survives the civil war, what then? Can you see an arrangement that preserves social cohesion while allowing people with useful skills to move to where their skills are most needed?
What distinguishes a strategically viable multicultural order from one that is inherently fragile, and are there historical conditions or institutional designs that consistently tilt the balance one way or the other?
Looking at Europe as a whole can Professor Betz comment on which nations seem paticularly susceptible to civil strife/civil war in the next decades? It's cold comfort but am I right to think France is in an even worse position than the UK?
It’s plainly obvious that much of the left longs for Western collapse to validate their counter-myths, and we all recognize their barely disguised appetite for civil strife. But does the Westminster set share this view, or is their anti-British agenda driven purely by naked self-interest and a desire to outrun the very decline they themselves are accelerating?
Nowadays to publicly identity oneself as English is very much a working class act (for those in the middle class on the left who'd have a bit of sick in their mouths if they had to say they are "British", it might be dangerously traumatic for them to call themselves as "English"). And yet Englishness remains a touchstone for many across the classes on an unspoken level - what in your opinion is the source of this, and is its strength likely to be a rallying point for civil resistance and conflict?
Drones seem to be capable of rendering most current military hardware relatively useless. Do you have a vision or estimation of what future warfare looks like? Thanks.
Regarding "information warfare and cyberwar": What elements have been effectively deployed and by whom? Are non-authoritarian societies legally able to use these tools?
What parallels do you see between current propaganda in the UK on all sides and that of countries that have previously/recently headed to civil war? What are the signs in the media we need to look out for that we are on the edge of this happening?
How do we accounter act psychological warfare, especially the one that the IDF have to face dealing with women and childern used as human shields? How do we fight an army of death when we are fighting for life?
You talk about Civil War as a possibility in this country.
How might that play out? What possibilities would be enough to cause the government to collapse?
The government has the police and the army. The only way I can them collapsing is if there is a mutiny in one or both of those forces. That's highly unlikely. More likely is an even more draconian , authoritarian government.
What current factors are in play that leads you to believe that Civil War is, if not imminent, then very likely?
If Civil War does occur, what form will it take?
More importantly, what potential differing scenarios do you see playing out in the aftermath of a Civil War?
You talk of civil war in the UK as an inevitability, and how it will begin with many factions on opposing sides but as blood is shed this war will become tribal and ethnically based. If this war is short and bloody, with the dominant advantage being with native Britons/Europeans, what sort of future political and societal settlement do you think would sate the victors in this case...or indeed work?
Please read an article by Dominic Adler on substack as part of your research for this interview. It's caller "thinking the unthinkable".
My question would be, what advise would Dr Betz give to police officers and those responsible for defending our society from malicious entities as things escalate? Also what can normal people do to prepare themselves for the challenges that will face them in the event of civil conflict?
Assuming civilisation survives the civil war, what then? Can you see an arrangement that preserves social cohesion while allowing people with useful skills to move to where their skills are most needed?
What distinguishes a strategically viable multicultural order from one that is inherently fragile, and are there historical conditions or institutional designs that consistently tilt the balance one way or the other?
Will welfare states like the Scandinavian societies survive the coming period of multicultural tensions or are those societies doomed to change?
Looking at Europe as a whole can Professor Betz comment on which nations seem paticularly susceptible to civil strife/civil war in the next decades? It's cold comfort but am I right to think France is in an even worse position than the UK?
It’s plainly obvious that much of the left longs for Western collapse to validate their counter-myths, and we all recognize their barely disguised appetite for civil strife. But does the Westminster set share this view, or is their anti-British agenda driven purely by naked self-interest and a desire to outrun the very decline they themselves are accelerating?
Nowadays to publicly identity oneself as English is very much a working class act (for those in the middle class on the left who'd have a bit of sick in their mouths if they had to say they are "British", it might be dangerously traumatic for them to call themselves as "English"). And yet Englishness remains a touchstone for many across the classes on an unspoken level - what in your opinion is the source of this, and is its strength likely to be a rallying point for civil resistance and conflict?
My question for Professor Betz, whom I have seen and listened to on several occasions since I first heard him on the MMM podcast, is -
If there is a civil war in Britain, what civilisation will emerge as the victor, and will it be governable as a liberal democracy?
Drones seem to be capable of rendering most current military hardware relatively useless. Do you have a vision or estimation of what future warfare looks like? Thanks.
Regarding "information warfare and cyberwar": What elements have been effectively deployed and by whom? Are non-authoritarian societies legally able to use these tools?
What preparation (if any) is the army making for civil war?
What parallels do you see between current propaganda in the UK on all sides and that of countries that have previously/recently headed to civil war? What are the signs in the media we need to look out for that we are on the edge of this happening?
How do we accounter act psychological warfare, especially the one that the IDF have to face dealing with women and childern used as human shields? How do we fight an army of death when we are fighting for life?