That may be a bit optimistic.
Glenn Beck is presently talking about how the Marxists always kill the farmers.
Good point.
I think, though, that time tends to contract from a historical perspective. For instance, looking at WWII, the popular view is that Germany invaded Europe, Japan bombed Pearl, and then we won. The reality was that Hitler was almost 20 years coming to power before he invaded Europe, and Imperial Japan was on the march 10 years before we entered the war with them. Then, it was another 4 years before we settled things. So, to think "Hey, this is going to come at us fast" might be a little misplaced. Heck, without historical perspective, the events that we're discussing might be happening right now, and we're blissfully unable to connect the dots.
Lots of variables at work. The country might fragment. I can see large parts of the country (Texas, the Plains States) just splitting off. Maybe delaying the ievitable for themselves by trading food and oil with what's left of the country.
Or - IMHO, the most likely possibility because we're seeing it already - the parasites in the urban areas might just eat themselves. Things in the cities might be horrific, but rural areas would be largely untouched. That kind of unrest would delay, or perhaps even prevent the inevitable.
Or, the whole shooting match might go boom overnight. Qui Sait?