Can't Spell "Chivalry" Without "HIV"

Running with the theme of the Christian-right in politics, I wondered what it would be like if America actually elected a modern-day Sith Lord (see Michele Bachmann) and everything just went to hell. The thing I’m afraid of the most is that after the collapse of society, life won’t be like Mad Max or Fallout 3, but more akin to the present day South. There’d be no armour-clad, gun toting, generally bad-ass road warriors; just tragically depressing social gaps, poorly planned and maintained infrastructure, limited education (in both quality and quantity) and a lot of inbreeding. For more description see the Wikipedia article-summary of movie The Road, based off Cormick McCarthy’s book The Road, none of which I read. It’ll be more Deliverance (1972) than Doomsday (2008) [odd reference, I know, but I really wanted the alliteration]. Although I will say, Doomsday was right that at the first sign of social collapse, society will revert to Feudalism. Partially because people are addicted to leaders, and partially cause- who wouldn’t want to be a fucking knight??