> In a true right vs left civil war, at least as the politics line up right now, the right faction would win by simply isolating and choking off the cities. I

> In a true right vs left civil war, at least as the politics line up right now, the right faction would win by simply isolating and choking off the cities. I don't think it makes sense to draw up a hypothetical war this way based on how interconnected and interdependent the economy is. Firstly, a tremendous amount of American food is imported and threatening the food supply would draw the ire of Federal forces, which would be counter-productive to a militarized movement. Secondly, raw food ingredients tend to travel very far distances in order to be processed for consumption. If supply chains were disrupted this way, you'd have a lot of raw food going to waste that can't be consumed on its own (most commercially produced corn in the US cannot be eaten on its own because it's designed to be converted into corn syrup). Third, global shipping hubs and large airports tend to be in urban areas, not rural. Rural shipping centers tend to be secondary or tertiary.