The novel “One Second After” is about an EMP strike on the USA and the aftermath for ordinary folks. It doesn’t take long for marauding gangs to form and take what they want from the weaker citizens. Then the marauding gangs turn on each other in increasingly violent warfare. Total civilizational collapse is not a pretty sight.
> Total civilizational collapse is not a pretty sight. <
Yes. Your next-door neighbor might be the nicest guy in the world. But let his children go without any food for a week or two. Then he’ll kill you for that apple in your hand.
The solution is obviously not to let things get that bad in the first place. But for the first time in our history we are being led by a group of arrogant and clueless children. 2024 can’t come soon enough.