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As if there’s going to be a world left living in after a nuclear war ends. In the US, the most frightening aspect of life in a nuclear war would be the rapid re
by zahma 4y ago
As if there’s going to be a world left living in after a nuclear war ends. In the US, the most frightening aspect of life in a nuclear war would be the rapid regression to tribalism and infighting rather than the exposure to radiation, though with the winds and weather patterns, that would make it moot for the vast majority anyway.
There will be all out panic and irrational behavior will predominate. Things will break with nobody to fix them. Services we take for granted will suddenly trap us or kill us indirectly. No communication will be easy or quick.
Moreover, the long term effects on the environment from massive nuclear detonations and debris lingering in the atmosphere would make the country live in something out of a Cormac McCarthy novel. Abandon all hope even if you are rich enough to have a bunker; life just simply won’t be worth living once there’s a first strike.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y agoYeah, I'm living one of the places that would be targeted first. I considered moving, but after some pondering I arrived to the conclusion if the worst comes, I prefer to die first.
- glitchcrab 4y agoI feel like there are far more immediate and important reasons to consider moving than the infinitesimally small chance of your city being targeted by a nuclear strike.
- yablak 4y agoThe probability is small but the expected loss is high.
- edmcnulty101 4y agoI assume things will revert to a medieval system like they did for the past millenia. Where single kings/warlords will amass huge power and people will flock to their banner's and countries for protection from other kings/warlords. After the dust settles in half a decade or so and power reasserts itself it might actually be pretty cool to live in a medieval depopulated society except with a lot more advanced technology.