And it wouldn’t be just blue EBT areas that could see severe SHTF, it could be nominal reds which are still more hand-to-mouth than is wise.
The EBT system crashing will have the first and worst consequences, for a number of reasons easily deduced. There will be a lag for the consequences of SSI, military pensions etc not being paid (or being paid in worthless hyperinflated digital dollars.) It will all hurt, but old folks in suburbia won’t go on violent rampages on about the third day of no food. Urban EBT slaves will go totally berserk in less than a week.