The coming (fake) civil war

The Unseen War: A Nation Divided by Pixels & Algos

We were the first generation to live through a live-fire drill for mass control. They called it a pandemic, but anyone paying attention could see it was a psychological experiment on a planetary scale. A virus—real enough (or not), but exaggerated beyond recognition—became the perfect pretext for a global obedience test. We learned to fear our neighbors, accept suspended liberties as the price of safety, and view reality through screens instead of senses. The real lesson wasn’t about medicine. It was about conditioning. It proved you could put a population into permanent anxiety and tribal hysteria without ever showing them a body in the street. The battlefield wasn’t physical—it was psychological.

Soon, we might expect the sequel, and it’s going to be worse. But it won’t be a Plandemic this time. It’ll come in the form of a narrative: that America is headed for civil war. You’ll hear it everywhere—on cable news, in your feed, from AI-generated “whistleblowers” who don’t exist. And the beauty of it, for those running the game, is that it doesn’t even have to happen. It just has to feel like it’s happening.

There won’t be armies or front lines this time. The violence will be real enough for the cameras and the AI video that feels our social media feeds but scattered and exaggerated until it feels universal. A shootout in Oregon becomes the “Battle of Beaver Creek.” A deepfake of a politician calling for blood sparks chaos in a dozen cities. AI-enhanced footage of troops moving through a quiet suburb trends worldwide before anyone can confirm the town even exists. The effect will be total immersion in unreality.

Your phone will buzz with “breaking news.” The feeds will flood with panic and outrage. And yet, if you step outside, you’ll find the world perfectly ordinary. The birds still singing. The sky still blue. That dissonance—the gap between what you see and what you’re told—is the new frontier of control. It’s how you separate a person from his own senses. It’s how you make him question his sanity.

But the fallout will be very real. The phantom “civil war” will explain everything that happens next. Food shortages? “Supply chain disruptions due to unrest.” Rolling blackouts? “Cyberattacks from domestic extremists.” Bank freezes and travel bans? “Security measures.” Every new control will come wrapped in the same message: this is for your protection. And after years of fear, most people will accept it without a fight. They’ll even thank their rulers for keeping order.

This is the perfected PSYOP. Government doesn’t need to act like a tyrant—it just needs to pose as your shield against your neighbor. COVID turned every cough into a potential crime; this next stage will turn every differing opinion into one. You won’t fear the State—you’ll fear other citizens. And when that happens, the population polices itself.

The objective isn’t victory; it’s paralysis. Keep people scared, angry, and divided long enough, and they’ll beg for stability at any price. While they’re busy fighting over digital ghosts, the real transformations can happen quietly: economic resets, new forms of currency, digital ID systems, restrictions that never roll back. A managed collapse disguised as a grassroots conflict.

In the end, people will willingly surrender the last pieces of reality. They’ll embrace verified news feeds, identity-linked social platforms, and AI fact-checkers as a form of safety. They’ll trade the messy unpredictability of freedom for the comfort of an algorithmic cage. All they’ll have to do is stop believing their own eyes.

The first American civil war was fought with rifles and cannons. The next one will be fought with code and narrative. And the only real act of rebellion will be to log off—to look away from the glowing feed and remember that the real world, the one outside your window, is still there. Quiet. Solid. Waiting for anyone brave enough to return to it.