[central_va]

Secession is where this is headed. After the coming financial crises, massive inflation, naval war in the Pacific (which we lose) and Great Depression II. The people, especially Southerners will remember they wear ruby slippers of secession. "There is no place like your own country, out of the USA"

[GranTorino]

You could be right.
In my opinion, it would end up in a borderless free for all.
Once the power goes out, all bets are off.