[Travis McGee]

Three are too many variables and unknowns to guess what the future will look like, after a “break” like the one described in this essay.

Martial Law under a hard tyranny is one route, and most folks will cheer for Martial Law as opposed to anarchy and starvation. It could go Mad Max, or tyranny, or the USA might split into regions, with differing outcomes.

But sooner or later, that city food supply conveyor is going to experience a disruption, and Katie bar the door.

[GeronL]

I agree. I went with the Everyone-for-themselves Scenario