User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-201.18.245.30-20170415025340/@comment-31137559-20170415175807

And then again devils are smart. If you're talking about those in the Old Satan faction then you are correct. But those prideful and stubborn devils aren't going to do something that is of no benefit to them. They have too much to lose in that kind of situation and nothing to gain. Again they are prideful and stubborn but will they allow that pride and stubbornness to overcome their reasoning. Devils only do things that are of worth to them. What does starting a civil war accomplish for them? They would basically give any faction that is against them a reason to strike out at them. Two, they are already losing their influence so that can only make their situation worst. Three, public opinion is heavily involved. Politicians no matter how much influence they have within the political world, needs support from the masses. How can they paint the situation to their benefit to make them look like the good guys? Issei, Diehauser, Ajuka, and a lot of the other devils would be against them. And then there's the other mythologies as well that have allied with. No matter how you consider it, there's no possible way they could win in that situation. Having a civil war would just give anyone a reason to rid them of their influence. Look at what happened during the civil war against the Old Satan Faction that supported the descendants of the original Satans that wanted to continue the three-way war. Now the old devils in today's society might be conservative, but they aren't that extreme.