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Today I’m joined by CJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, for a hard look at where America might be headed as tensions and political violence keep rising. A lot of people compare our current divide to the Civil War, but CJ makes a strong case that’s the wrong model. Instead, he points to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, a messy, decades-long conflict that mixed politics, religion, and insurgency in ways that feel a lot closer to what a modern breakdown could look like.

CJ knows this history inside and out. He studied the British Empire and Irish history in grad school, taught it for years, and even led study trips to Ireland. In this episode we dig into how the conflict started, what fueled it, how the factions operated, and how governments responded, often in ways that made things worse.

We also talk about what life was really like for regular people living through the chaos, how the violence eventually cooled off, and what lessons Americans should take seriously right now. History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme and if we don’t start paying attention to the right examples, we might not like the tune we’re headed toward.

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