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But why would the gov care if you are without power? The ones they need will be well protected.
Not saying it's logical. Individuals are smart, people are blah blah blah..
Well I am saying it won't deter the gov in anyway.
At some point, if enough of the grid were damaged, the remaining bits would get overloaded.
Soldiers in unlit urban corridors should be expected to do worse in their mission, nevermind all the added chaos.
They will just use generators. I mean seriously, the military can deploy to places like Afghanistan and iraq, where I am sure they had no power until they took over the power facilities and such. They can handle power without a grid just fine.
Supply lines, drones, and how difficult powering entire city blocks off generators is..
Let's end this discussion with a simple point: several hundred dollars for a gun and AP rounds means the military is suddenly responsible for partially powering a surrounding area, with their "enemies" (we the people) made dramatically harder to see at night.
Your simple point isn't the mic drop you think it is. You seem to think this administration would care about maintaining order in every city block through the night. They would create green zones for themselves with power and such, but the rest would be on thier own each night, and probably only minorly managed during the day even. Workers and whoever they need would have to go through security to get into the green zones to work for food. This playbook has already been written and perfected over centuries.
No mic drop was attempted. Armchair debates about how things would work out are similarly pointless.
I will agree that historical data is not always an accurate predictor of future events. But in this case we are talking not about what will happen, but about would the administration's future actions be influenced by the possibility of people attacking transformers. It is reasonable to say that in the past, similar administration's didn't worry about similar things, so it is unlikely that the current administration will either.