If we have a collapse (social as well as economic) of the proportions you anticipate, I see the formation of enclaves of armed and determined folks. Middle America is a lot more well armed than most realize. And there are of lot of us in that group.
A key variable here is the fascists in DC and their efforts to disarm us before the crunch arrives. If the general situation in this country is still relatively peaceful and they ban firearms, or stop production of ammunition, will the people actually promote and participate in genuine resistance?
I think the inclination of most people is to hope for the best and not actively resist until it is too late. At least that is the consistent historical pattern.
We’ll see. No doubt about that.
Of the almost 100 corn to fuel ethanol distilleries built with government subsidy and speculator leveraged financing in the Midwest, with only 3 distilleries have either broken even or made money so far, I’m now convinced that the Agro-Industrial folks, such as Cargill, ADM, etc have plans to be self sufficient in the near future when oil from Houston/New Orleans/Cushing energy complexes and the Alberta pipelines are both blocked from reaching the MidWest without brutal concessions demanded against the farming communities, in efforts to feed the starving masses in North America’s urban areas.
So the ethanol plants will sit there mothballed, while the price of corn, and the energy it provides, be it calories or octane, continue to soar relative to USD and US Treasuries yields’ purchasing power.
That is why we need a restoration of God given spiritual wisdom and a recovery of our common sense to stay one step ahead of what the fascists might do. I think of the courage of the Hebrew midwives who feared God and refused to follow the Pharoah’s edict to kill the newborn Hebrews. That is the type of faith and courage we must recover...when the government of Man has gone rogue beyond the government of God, the government of God must become foremeost in the minds of Christians, indeed it must always be foremost! Our freedoms and rights are God given...no man must take them away. Only God can take them away in judgment for our disobediance!