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I would submit that their supporters are almost invariably leftist. But that their leaders, and their most influential supporters, aren't -- or, at least, they are not guided by ideology, but rather self-interest. I know this sounds strange, but I really don't think Hillary Clinton is really leftist, at least, not in the way that the clowns in Berkeley are. I think her primary concern is the cash flow going into the Clinton Foundation, and her leftist rhetoric is, and always has been, primarily a means to an end. She may be leftist in thought, and speech, but her actions will always be dictated by self-interest.

As far as an "army" -- yes, you are correct. Their supporters barely even qualify as cannon fodder. But look at what happened to the Berkeley police department. Even in these early skirmishes, they are clearly siding with the parasitic class. Urban police departments, and other similar groups, are going to find themselves increasingly under orders to pick a side, and it won't be the side that they, by and large, sympathize with.

As I said, this is all hypothetical, and fortunately unlikely, because significant escalation is unlikely unless one of two things happen, both of which are low-probability events: a real economic collapse, or a successful impeachment of Trump.

A real economic collapse can be triggered by the collapse of the petro-dollar, due to re-alignment of political and economic blocs. (Think Russia-Iran-Iraq-Syria bloc & Turkey-Azerbaijan-Qatar-Muslim Brotherhood bloc)

Or by the interest rate on the national debt rising sufficiently.

This is of course ignoring lower-probability black swan events, such as another sun-initiated “Carrington Event” like in 1859 or a rogue nation like North Korea launching an EMP strike.

Also, the nature of a CW II would be different than CW I. A good strategy for Red vs urban Blue would be to blow all the bridges leading into a Blue city, destroy all the powerlines going in, and cut off the water supply, food supply and let them stew in their own raw sewage as they starve, loot and die of cholera.