I think it would be worse than going back to the 19th century. Back then people didn’t have stores so they grew and maintained their own farms and machines. Now people panic when Netflix goes out. It would be like dumping millions of city folks on a island with handtools and telling them to fend for themselves. It would be like every cheesy post nuclear war movie ever made rolled into one.
Exactly. Back then people knew how to survive without electricity. The estimates I have heard range up to 90% of the population perishing. I myself would likely not make it, as I am dependent upon medication, which would no longer be available.