Logistics.
Cut off the food, cut off the power, and 90% of the US will follow anyone to get it restored.
That is all you need to do to stop an uprising.
I dont need their food...and I dont need their power.....so now what?
10%?
That’s 30,000,000 people left vs 2.5 million.
We still outnumber them a paltry 12 to 1...good odds for any greek.
(yes that is a 300 reference)
BTW...if you cut off food and power to a certain demographic....you will much bigger worries than the Federal govt.