The variable which comes into play for us which has not elsewhere. Impossible to predict how effective it will be. Arms held by non military.
I don’t think the dissident populations in your examples have had the volume of arms that are held by US citizens.
Because of the sheer magnitude of this country and terrain, I think that effective, organized control of the entire country by the military is going to be extremely difficult at best. I’m more inclined to think that we will end up with prolonged chaos more than anything else. The technology dependency will work against the oppressors as well.
It could very easily devolve into a Mad Max scenario. A lot of unpredictability here, but it would be awful beyond anything most people are willing to imagine.
Anyone who is not very frightened right now is not looking rationally at the facts.
” - - - I’m more inclined to think that we will end up with prolonged chaos more than anything else.”
Perhaps I missed it, but no one has brought up the subject of City States. Currently, the best model to look at is NYC.
City States with defendable marine harbors could then supply the interior City States if the corridors of transportation could be defended.
Labor Unions would have to choose to lose their membership cards, to put it politely - - .