You are old enough to remember a riot in 1967?
I do remember the Rodney King riots. And the George Floyd riots, the 2020 summer of love riots in Portland and Seattle.
What I don't remember is any conservative groups rioting or taking up arms against citizens-- aka civil war.
Civil unrest is not civil war.
Yes, the civil unrest looks like it did five years ago, but it isn't the same.
5 years ago we were not at war with Russia and Iran.
5 years ago we did not put an embargo on Chinese goods.
5 years ago we did not have AI taking jobs whole sale.
5 years ago the real estate market was not collapsing.
5 years ago they used the riots to oust Trump, this is not an election year, Trump was elected to deport the illegals. This is very different.
You can't simply say A looks like A' without considering all the other factors.
I said this before, the embargo on China was designed to give manufacturers the nudge to come to the US and use 3d printers and robots and AI. That has taken place. Those businesses have left China and they aren't going back. The war is because of AI, the world leaders realize that whoever has the best AI will rule the world. If we consider AI to be the driver of a Formula 1 race car then we realize there is a lot more involved than simply the driver. The US has an advantage on the car, on the engine, and on the team that will keep it running. Even if other AI is better, the US AI is doubling in power every six months. All they need to do is stifle other countries for six months and they will surpass them. So then Russia, China and Iran have two options, live in a world in which the US is the master, or attack the US. We just arrested 240 child traffickers. These guys must have been protected by people in the government. So they all have two choices go into a US prison as a known child trafficker, a career path that has the highest mortality rate, or turn states witness. The clock is ticking, all the pedophiles in the US government are cornered. They can commit suicide or they can go down shooting. When I look at these protests I conclude they are going down shooting. This is too well organized to be spontaneous, too well funded (I heard a report I will look to share a link). How long before Kash Patel and Dan Bongino find out who is funding this? It is a desperation move that destroys any chance of winning the midterm elections. Therefore it is war.