It all depends on a lot of things. I am prepared for some, not (yet) prepared for others.
I think it would take some time for society to collapse if food or oil ran out tomorrow, and in that time, some collectives/cities would come together to work towards survival.
An attack from a foreign gov or terrorist group on major cities using nuclear bombs would be tough if we survive the nuclear war. I would have to meet up with family, and live without power (I'm assuming a high-EMP blast). I also could choose to escape to Central America, but that will be messy without food from the US.
A economic collapse or dollar collapse and extremely high prices would affect some people differently. Some farmers would get rich if conditions were such that they could still grow food, investors would make money...But, it would be tough to get by if things cost 10x as much. Crime would go up, unemployment would be high. Society could learn to embrace free things, but I doubt it.
A right-left civil war would be the worse. Hopefully there would be a breakup that would go peacefully, but you would have the republican infantry vs the democratic bombers. It would be messy.
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