A depression isn't a total collapse. During the Great Depression he dollar was still viable.
From reading your posts you seem to believe if the dollar collapses that the government will still function as it does now or did during the Great Depression. How will they do that? Issue new money? If the current dollar is valueless give us a reason why anyone would believe a new dollar would have value?
"We will defend what is ours. The rest will go to government as their savior like they always do. Yeah it may resemble a serfdom for a while. That's the way it it go if it comes to that."
The government will need food to pass out. I wonder where they will get it?
It worked in Germany. If the dollar crashes the tractors will still start, the ovens will still light, the cattle will still graze. It will just be a matter of deciding who gets the sustenance that will still be produced. People with valuable skills will exchange their skills for sustenance. Also people with gold and silver will exchange their real money for sustenance. The government will step in and distribute what is left over for the masses that choose to depend on them. They will get the minimum.