I don't expect this will be an actual war, more of a mass civil unrest. I certainly wouldn't dismiss the possibility of this happening as the material conditions in US continue to erode.

Maybe not Civil War 2, but I can imagine the current low-intensity "Years of Lead" situation turning into a high-intensity one.

Just because they won't personally fight doesn't mean they won't support the conscription of a bunch of young men to fight for them. It's not as if most confederate soldiers in the US civil war were slave owners.

it's capitalist realism at its finest

The Canadian government is famous for ignoring the reports it commissions.

I can't see it being an actual war in a traditional sense. I would imagine it more like civil unrest, perhaps along the lines of the Rwandan civil war where armed right wing militias are going to start roaming around murdering people. It's possible this could lead to Balkanization of US too.

While obviously both political parties in US represent the interests of the oligarchs, the rhetoric they use is intentionally polarizing. The mainstream is split across political lines, with democrats and republicans blaming the other side for all the ills in the country.

Most people in US lack the political or economic education to understand what's happening leading to public lashing out in random and irrational ways. People understand that they're being hurt, but they don't understand who is responsible or why it's happening. This creates a political climate that's ripe for opportunists like Trump and Biden to game leading to further deterioration of living conditions. The country ends up in a worse state after each successive election cycle, and the sectarian tensions continue to become more prominent. Violent outbreaks are starting to happen already, and I expect these will only get worse going forward.

an incredible admission isn't it