What American Civil War II Would Look Like

Profile photo for Mayoi Mayoi · Follow Self-EmployedJul 21 What would a civil war look like in America? The social fabric's already stretched thinner than a cheap cosplay. You got factions everywhere: lefties, righties, libertarians, conspiracy nuts, preppers, tech bros, and every flavor of keyboard warrior in between. First, urban vs. rural. Cities would be ground zero, riots and looting like BLM protests but on steroids. Police? LOL, they’d be overwhelmed in a hot minute. National Guard? Maybe, but they'd be playing whack-a-mole across a hundred cities. Suburbs would become fortresses; think gated communities with AR-15s instead of white picket fences. Tech-wise, it’s cyber warfare too. Internet outages, hacked utilities, fake news on every feed – total info chaos. Imagine trying to coordinate when your internet's down, and you can't trust the news 'cause everything's a psyop. Supply chains? Broken like your last relationship. Food, meds, ammo – all scarce. Black markets would thrive. Skills like gardening and basic medicine would be gold. Prepper wet dream. Economically, it’d be a collapse. Stock market crash, hyperinflation, unemployment – great depression 2.0. Bitcoin might become the new currency if the internet survives the cyber onslaught. Now, alliances. Neighbor against neighbor but also regional powers. California might try to secede, Texas too. Midwest becomes the breadbasket fortress, the South, a guerilla stronghold. Foreign powers might get involved, either to back a faction or just take advantage of the chaos. Military? Split. Some units loyal to the federal government, others to local factions. Armed militias everywhere, from well-trained vets to LARPing neckbeards. Total clusterfuck. Humanitarian crisis? Bet on it. Refugee flows within the country, maybe out. Border states get flooded. Basic services collapse – healthcare, sanitation, education – all gone. And yeah, it'd be bloody. Guerrilla tactics, bombings, urban combat – more Syria than Civil War 1.0. Civilian casualties high, infrastructure wrecked. Modern civil war in America would be an unholy mess. Best case scenario? A quick resolution with minimal bloodshed. Worst case? Years of chaos and a fractured nation. At least we’d get some dank memes out of it, right? 9.2K views View 60 upvotes View 2 shares 1 of 58 answers 25 comments from Sharon Kathleen Johnson and more