Civil war in America could only happen(IMHO), if it dems/reps came together to fight the central government, and police forces. I think the more authoritarian t

Civil war in America could only happen(IMHO), if it dems/reps came together to fight the central government, and police forces. I think the more authoritarian the country becomes (just look at the atrocities of ICE, and the major issues with NSA, and all the police brutality in the news), the more likely it could push us over the edge in that regards. However, for that to happen we'd have to give up our politics, which has polarized the country. The two party system has successfully divided and conquered us, it puts us in two separate camps, so we don't organize against the real threat which is the rise of income inequality/elitism and the marginalization of the worker class. However, the rise of the machines replacing workers could push the pain point enough for (if not a civil, a revolutionary) war to be inevitable, unless the government puts things in place like GBI/Universal Healthcare to quell the masses who are no-longer able to work. 5 years is a bit of a stretch though, 15 is probably when the real pain from automation is going to be felt.