Wow thanks for all of your replies, interesting discussion. The hypothetical is just an exercise attempting to educate myself as to what the hell to do with the seed words when in a jam. I am new to the space. So maybe we don't go as far as describing it as a total societal collapse. But it could be close, for example "society" can be a local situation.... let's imagine we are in Sydney right now, Marshall law, troops enforcing lockdowns, camps for the unvaxxed, etc. This IS happening, and I want OUT for example. Looks like I would need to secure a new BIP39 wallet wherever end up looking to be a free human being. OK fine but what if for whatever reason new hardware wallets are not available. And all I have is internet access...