The American Civil War is an anomaly, not the norm. Our Civil War was really just a regular war between two countries. Normal civil wars are fought by a miniscule percentage of people against their own government, and often isnt called a civil war until years after the fact. A 50/50 split on a dumb hypothetical doesn't indicate that there's no possibility of a civil war. The fact that 50% would rather die shows that at least some of them could be capable of guerilla warfare.
The American Civil War is an anomaly, not the norm. Our Civil War was really just a regular war between two countries. Normal civil wars are fought by a miniscule percentage of people against their own government, and often isnt called a civil war until years after the fact. A 50/50 split on a dumb hypothetical doesn't indicate that there's no possibility of a civil war. The fact that 50% would rather die shows that at least some of them could be capable of guerilla warfare.
You are mostly correct, but my point is that it's a pretty stupid thing to pray for if you're on the wrong 50 of that split.