In the United States, market extremism (which one might expect to be purely materialist, and therefore open to rational self-interest) has cross-bred with evangelical messianism to fight intelligent policy on metaphysical grounds. (Ronald Wright)
In other words, toxic American capitalism has merged with toxic individualism and toxic Christian saviourism to form a lethal irrational brew that threatens the existence of the country. I've been projecting this since this rise of Trump.
Yup, we now have the most dysfunctional and dangerous society in my lifetime, so yes, civil war seems inevitable...