“This may be a profound event, possibly on the order of the breakdown of the Roman empire.”
It probably will happen in a similar manner. I can sense that, in a few years, a couple of regions of this country are going to demand their independence from Washington, with the Federal government reacting in such a manner that a new civil war will commence. With the country as vulnerable as it will be then (if not now), attacks on any aspect of its infrastructure will surely grind much, if not all activity to a halt. Imagine an electromagnetic pulse attack, for example: that alone would, in theory, set this country back at least 100 years – to the time before Edison.
The New Dark Ages are going to be darker than anyone could ever imagine. No wonder guns and ammo are selling like hotcakes!
