America is more polarized than ever. According to a recent poll 34% of Americans believe civil war is “likely” and 13% believe it is “very likely.” Luxury bunker sales are up with customers citing concerns of “civil unrest”. (DiMella, 2024) Could we be headed toward civil war? If so, how can we prepare for it?

When Societies Fracture
From studying and interviewing survivors of civil war, coups and unrest from different countries, all shared one thing in common. When societies fracture, they do so along political, geopolitical, religious, ethnic, tribal, racial or economic lines. People group up along these lines and those who are not in control (usually, but not always the minority), suffer terribly at the hands of those in control (usually, but not always the majority.) People group up and most of them avoid going outside. If you are in an area controlled by the opposing group, I strongly suggest getting to someplace that is controlled by your people before the checkpoints go up.

Those who fail to get to an area controlled by their people before checkpoints go up typically suffer. Their options for survival are often not good. If they want to survive, they often have to find someone who is not an enemy of those in power who is willing to hide them, or E&E to friendly lines, and the latter is extremely difficult to do in occupied cities. Those who do get out usually do so on foot, through rough terrain, with only what they can carry.

Ivory Coast
Some good friends of ours emigrated from Ivory Coast. Both of them came from well-to-do land owning, families that own farming and livestock concerns. Ivory Coast has experienced two civil wars, the first began in 2002 as the result of a military rebellion and ended in 2007. The second Ivorian Civil War began in 2010, ended in 2011 and was fought over election results. Thousand died in each war. 750K civilians were displaced by the fighting. (Wikipedia, 2024)

The husband told me that during the war, around 30 people took shelter in his home. That is a lot of mouths feed! Imagine cramming 30 people in your home.

The wife told me that she “got fat” because she was unable to go outside. Her home was also packed with people, but they had plenty of food because they own a mango large plantation that grows tons of fruits and vegetables all year round and her father ranches hundreds of head of cattle, as well as goats, sheep, chickens, and has other livestock.

The farmers had to be protected, or the people would starve, so they did what they could to help others. Unfortunately, very few American families own farms anymore, even hobby farms.

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