I agree with the "alone" part. If things get bad, there will be groups of thugs looking to take from others. Good reason to live in some dismal remote area, away from populated areas.
As to the rest? Throughout history people have survived without stores, grid power, government, machine-made tools, super markets, etc. Here in modern times when many have more resources then ever to prepare - collectively we do less then ever. USA society has a new "breed" of civilized person who barely knows how to do anything.
My grandmother's village in southern France was burnt to the ground and all the farm animals shot by the Germans in World War 1, yet those that weren't killed managed to survive on their own. She was six year old, parents killed and she made it with help from local survivors. No government help, no FEMA, no bailouts.
In the USA, the "Great Rebellion", later called the "Civil War" was a prime example of a large part of this country being cut off from resources (the south) and the Federal government. They not only managed to eat and survive, they fought a war.
Maybe my perspective is different since my wife and I have worked at living history museums and know many people skilled with blacksmithing, non-hybrid food growing, 18th century animal husbandry, and many other older lifeways that have been lost to much of modern US culture.
The Hopewellian mound-builders did it here. Then the American Indians and Inuits did it (and without snowmobiles). Then the early setters did it. I doubt they were all smarter the we are now. Obviously with the large population this country has now, not all could do it even if they ALL did know how. But, some have skills and resources and could manage - if not shot by looters.
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