I do think it's possible that they will do this in various places in the west, but I definitely don't think they can achieve anything close in at least half of US states, and at least half of US states have a certain degree of self-sufficiency, in terms of farming and energy production (think Texas, Oklahoma, mini of the naturally green states in the south east, which don't require a great degree of fertilization to maintain subsistence gardens). The reason I don't think they have this strategy planned for much of the US, except for maybe California and parts of the Northeast, is that there are so many millions of people with so many millions of guns. A lot of people think that nobody will do anything because nobody has yet.

The reason nobody has done anything yet is because everything that TPTB has done so far has basically been pinpricks and frustrations. Think of the armed populace as an analog to an armed citizen in a heated argument on the street. The armed citizen knows that he doesn't need to escalate the situation, because he doesn't want to have to use force. Also, he doesn't want to be the one to initiate force and be in the wrong. This leaves him in a position to have to defend himself, which puts him at a slight disadvantage (not the first mover) from a timing perspective, but as long as he keeps his distance and remains mentally and emotionally prepared, then when other party escalates to violence, he will be able to defend himself adequately.

Preppers and the right wing populist in general, especially those who are heavily armed, all tend to be ready for anything that might happen (preparations/wise). This defensive similarly puts them at a slight disadvantage because they will not be the first mover, but it gives them enough room (prep is time, which is, in term, room to position, counter, etc.).

If we all had three days worth of food in our houses, all the guns in the world wouldn't save us, because TPTB could just shut down whatever spigots they wanted and smoke everyone out. Maybe that's their strategy and they are prepared to turn the spigots off for six or more months, but once the writing is on the wall and the armed populous recognizes that the other party has decided to escalate to true violence, all the militaries in the world could not stop just the states of Florida and Texas combined.

I do think it's possible that they will do this in various places in the west, but I definitely don't think they can achieve anything close in at least half of US states, and at least half of US states have a certain degree of self-sufficiency, in terms of farming and energy production) think Texas, Oklahoma, mini of the naturally green states in the south east, which don't require a great degree of fertilization to maintain subsistence gardens). The reason I don't think they have this strategy planned for much of the US, except for maybe California and parts of the Northeast, is that there are so many millions of people with so many millions of guns. A lot of people think that nobody will do anything because nobody has yet.

The reason nobody has done anything yet is because everything that TPTB has done so far has basically been pinpricks and frustrations. Think of the armed populace as an analog to an armed citizen in a heated argument on the street. The armed citizen knows that he doesn't need to escalate the situation, because he doesn't want to have to use force. Also, he doesn't want to be the one to initiate force and be in the wrong. This leave them in a position to have to defend himself. This defensive posture puts him at a slight disadvantage from a timing perspective, but as long as he keeps his distance and remains mentally and emotionally prepared, then if the other party continues to escalate, he will be able to defend himself. Preppers and the right wing populist, especially those heavily armed, they all tend to be very prepped and ready for anything that might happen. This puts them at a slight disadvantage because they will not be the first actor, but it gives them enough room (time is room to act / move position, etc.). If we all had three days worth of food in our houses, all the guns in the world wouldn't save you, because they could just shut down whatever spigots they wanted and smoke everyone out. Maybe that's their strategy and they are planning to turn the spigots off for six months. But I don't think it's possible for all the militaries in the entire world, including every military vehicle and aircraft in the entire world, combined, to pin even the population of Texas + Florida into their houses by force. For every prepper, there are two other friends that didn't prep who will join that prepper and take up arms with them when their lives depends on it. There are tens of million in the south alone that fit this pattern.