[Travis McGee]

I agree 100% about supply running both ways. I expect rural folks, fed up with paying for the “parasite” cities, to shoot power line insulators with high powered rifles, cutting them off. Or towers dynamited, etc. This has happened in Peru, notably, during the long Sendero wars. Transmission cables are very vulnerable, and their routes are well known. But the essay was already 5,600 words, and I had to cut of the escalation scenarios at a certain point, beyond which chaos kicks in and it’s pretty much a crash for the population no matter what. Cities will be unliveable. But will refugees be welcomed anywhere?

[SCalGal]

But will refugees be welcomed anywhere?

Umm, NO.

[PA Engineer]

But the essay was already 5,600 words, and I had to cut of the escalation scenarios at a certain point

Imagine the flack if it had been longer. Wish it was. I think this is the outcome of the current collapse.

Cities will be unliveable. But will refugees be welcomed anywhere?

Those with families and resources outside of cities will fare better if they get out. Many cities will have minor disturbances or nothing at all, however I foresee numerous hot spots.

Many may agree or disagree with General Sherman, but they can't deny the effectiveness of his methods. I think we will see the same. The Cube is obvious. This will not be a war between the states, but a true civil war within the population. That is the only outcome with decades of Balkanization.