What we are seeing and living through is the consequence of the de-legitimization of GOVERNMENT at every level in the US. It goes back to Reagan and his joke about the "scariest" words in the English language being.
"I'm from the Government and I'm here to help".
When you no longer have political legitimacy, force is where you have to go.
Additional discussion of "Legitimacy" as a political concept.
On Politics, War by Other Means — 09
The Supreme Court has a legitimacy problem and it's becoming a crisis.
Consider a 5-to-4 decision from this Supreme Court settling a disputed presidential election. Would it resolve the matter and steady the nation’s politics as it did in 2000’s Bush v. Gore, or would it agitate the conflict further?
Would the US Military accept such a decision as deciding who the “legitimate president” was?
That’s not clear right now, which reveals cracks in the court’s legitimacy and a “Clear and Present Danger” to the safety and stability of the Country.
War is about getting your way.
The objective, the endgame, should always be the structuring of reality to your specifications. “Winning” means getting to live in a reality that you shape and control. Losing means having to live in a reality you don’t control where others have power over you.
How do you win a Civil War in a Democracy, when direct military conflict is not an option?
