Globalism, Financialization of USA, Shipping of Jobs Overseas with our National Technology, the Replacement of Jobs with Automation, Computers, and Robots, the End of the Middle Class, the Creation of a Criminal Class since 1980, the Suppression of Wages with Illegal Immigrants, ... and the National Security Issue of Tax Revenue from Oil & Gas Industry and the Stable Supply of Oil & Gas...

It IS an act of war.  A war between the Owners and Labor.