[ WP ] The Second American Civil War . What started it , and who are the two sides ?

`` There is n't any money in fighting overseas anymore.'' 
 
 That's how the pitch had started. And it was met with a deafening silence around the room. 
 
 The conference had been called after years of heavy losses in the arms industry. CEOs and executive leadership from all the major arms companies were present. A few representatives from the big mercenary corporations had also been invited. Close to two hundred people had arrived at the conference hall to discuss options and strategies for the decline in sales. 
 
 `` The world is too poor. America is the only country supplying us with any business and their opponents are too poor to justify any more military spending. It worked for long enough, but now we've gotten to the point that we ca n't sell them on anything. They are just too powerful. We need a new approach, and I think I've got it.'' 
 
 The crowd seemed to lean in as a whole as the young executive paused to build anticipation. 
 
 `` Civil war.'' 
 
 Gasps and quiet murmuring went around the room and slowly built to loud conversations taking place. The young man took a seat and waited while they deliberated. Over the next few hours they talked and debated and went over options and at the end of the day, they'd come to an agreement. War it would be. 
 
 The rest was handled by lawyers and salespeople. Who would take what products, what shipments. Government leaders were called and informed of the new plan, and asked to place their orders now. Troops would have to be divided up. New soldiers would have to be trained. Equipment would have to distributed. New weapons invented. Counter-weapons to those weapons created. It was going to be big and everyone wanted a piece. 
 
 Of course they had to choose an issue. This was hotly debated. Some wanted to stage a class war, but it was decided that this would be fairly one-sided and won too quickly. Others favored religion, but it was too unstable of any idea without any guarantee that religions would jump on board. Finally though, after much deliberation, it was decided that it would be race again. `` If it ai n't broke, do n't fix it'' was the colloquialism that won over most of them. They knew they could easily build tensions based on race, and with such a diverse country, it could be segmented even further, meaning more profits for them. 
 
 The second American Civil War began in 2061, and was anything but.
