I haven't seen anyone plausibly explain how they would create an EMP powerful enough to mess with civilization without using an extremely high yield nuclear weapon, at which point you have worse problems than your electronics going out.
Also I don't believe an EMP would permanently destroy powered off electronics anyway? But maybe I'm wrong about that.
An EMP wouldn't fry all electronics, but it would be a massive set back to society and would take at least 10 years to return back to normal - That is IF TPTB would allow it.
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