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The big problem with a Second Civil War is that it won't be North vs South. It wouldn't even be Red States vs Blue States. It would be Red Counties vs Blue Counties.
I live in NY - a deep blue state. I even live in a blue area of the state. If I drive less than 30 minutes from my house, though, I'd end up in an area so red that I might as well be in the deep south.
If there was an active Civil War, people in these red counties would travel to the blue counties to launch attacks (and vice versa). There would be no real "front line." The entire country would be a front line.
I mean maybe. I have a hard time envisioning what a modern U.S. civil war would look like. What would be the organizations coordinating each side, and what would the chain of command look like? Who would be funding each side, and what would the supply chains look like? What would the actual U.S. military, pentagon, and DoD do?
Even the most red counties have something like 20% blue voters. I imagine voter demographics were comparable during the first Civil War, yet state governments still federated. Confederate states weren't able to get many volunteers, so they brutally enforced conscription.
My best guess is that it would be less open warfare and more terrorist attacks. For example, suppose NYC has its annual Pride Parade. Some right-wingers would travel in from a red county and "join" the parade. At a certain point, they'd set off some incendiary device to disrupt the proceedings before retreating back to MAGA-land.
These attacks wouldn't need a lot of ammunition or all that much coordination (when compared with a military). MAGA sheriffs could abuse their authority to protect MAGA terrorists from being arrested. (Leaking information to them. "Arresting" them first and refusing to turn them over to state/federal officials. Etc.)
With enough of these attacks, you could have a "war" without any military on either side.