The US/deep state will try to create unity through war and propaganda, but I don't believe it will work.
In my opinion the essence of the empire is unity through propaganda.
Pushed through largely fake (extremely exagerated) conflicts, fake satellites, fake nukes, fake moon landings, fake printed money, fake sad story propganda (uyghurs, African kids with their bare feet in lithium mines), fake science (corona, CERN), total propaganda war on organized religion, largely fake history, fake climate disasters, denial and mocking of God.
Living in Europe I see how the political puppets here are just copying US propaganda.
I see it works perfectly. I see no sign of it getting less. 99% just gobble it up.
Yummy Musk, I love your Teslas, gobble gobble, yes to moon, oh no the bomb! Russia bad. I love the science. I feel bad I need pills, gobble gobble, I need bigger new car, oh no those sad poor kids in Africa, look what China does to Uyghurs, all those camera's everywhere! oh no the economy, it will all be bad, I'm so curious for the mission to Mars, incredible how we progressed! gobble gobble, I feel so spiritual, I bought a crystal, yoga, bad Catholics abuse kids, gobble gobble, you read on the Higgs Boson part, those scientists! Musk makes Starlink all over the world, 10.000 satelittes orbitting the earth, what wonder! Look at this NASA picture, the dollar is strong! We are so lucky to live in the US, gobble gobble, I hope Putin isn't building a Nuclear bomb! We need to protect from evil. gobble gobble Those racist cops, feminism is so great, that women can kill their babies gobble gobble
People are extremely susceptible to marketing and propaganda. And almost everything in the news in my opinion is just nonsense and lies. But it serves a goal; it unites us.
I rather see the empire of lies expand. E.g. the Russians and the Chinese gobble up the same crap as here.