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Actually yes, there are more oligarchs than the idiots in charge right now, and it's going to come to a head at some point. Each one has their feifdom and they won't go quietly.
More to the point, it's going to reach the point of mass protest again, and moron is going to call in the military. After which everything is on the table. No one in power will be safe in anything but armored transport and guarded villages, which won't last long. At that point the US and it's global hegemony will be broken. There won't be the resources to project military power beyond our borders and a few subject states, because it will cost so much to keep security at home, and productivity will tank hard.
No one can beat the US military except the US itself, and it's being forced to do just that.
The US military is shrinking and getting more inept every year with lowered physical and aptitude standards. So at least there's that.