Opinion

Americans Are Too Pampered and Neurotic to Fight a Civil War

THANK GOODNESS FOR LAZINESS

The threat of political violence in the U.S. is very real, but seriously, let’s not overstate the case. LARPers are not revolutionaries.

Bonnie Kristian
Bonnie Kristian
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