If they really thought like this they would have made sure Bernie won so that they could buy themselves more time before worsening material conditions radicalize people.

Objectively that would be better for the survival of capital than leaning harder into neoliberal austerity

This is not a rational system making careful decisions

were the yugoslavians not invested in not detonating the country too? civil war is generally to the common ruin of the contending interests, but in spite of not being in people's best interest it still happens

I mean, Brexit was the same kind of irrational, if lower stakes.