>>2508017US-China war will never happen, just like US-USSR never happened, or UK-France (on the mainland) didn't happen since after Napoleon.
Direct peer wars between advanced capitalist countries don't happen because both sides have a lot to lose. Wars under capitalism happen because the ruling class needs to eliminate overproduction of capital and delete excess labor to improve profit rates.
But peer level wars go much further and destroy useful capital and many capitalists will die as well. They are not suicidal. WW1 and 2 happened because capitalist countries got hijacked by mentally ill fascist psychos. Thats why the capitalist class cracked down on fascism after WW2. Because fascism hurts them as well.
So WW3 will happen (is already started) but it will be a continuous series of proxy wars like Ukraine, Gaza etc. Next one is maybe Venezuela or Taiwan. These wars serve the purpose of sending capital to die in explosions so that profit rates are maintained. And of course there is the other benefits of carving out spheres of influence etc.
US-China war is psyop to distract the populace from the endless series of proxy wars that will be the New Normal for many decades to come.