Societal Changes in Your New Worlds

[mikeo80]

Originally Posted by kalos72

Great information guys...thanks.

But what are your thoughts about the way life continues in your worlds?

Do you plan on restoring the power grid, water treatment and sewage treatment plants?

Do you plan on using the 1000 acres big farms to produce food to ship to your major cities to feed the population or will you force people to be self sufficient?

Will you try to support a half million people in skyscrapers in downtown Tuscon or force them to leave and go work the land for themselves?

I think there are some MAJOR changes that would need to be made to society if you plan on surviving. Any other ideas/suggestions?

IMHO, it really depends on what else is happening in the world at the time of trying to implement the changes you are advocating. Is this post TDM? Post "The Day" of Alas Babylon/Morrow Project? What type of experts do you have available? Farmers? Doctors? Engineers? Military?

Is there rampant disease in or near the development? Is there a library available for information? If nuclear war just happened, what is the status of the EMP, the radiation, the blast areas?

Again, IMHO, water is THE most crucial raw material. Any one that is included in the settlement MUST have water. Water is also needed for any type of agriculture. If this is post TDM/The Day type scenario, population is going to be very limited. Any recovery is probably going to be slow and small at first.

Any type of government that evolves from a nightmare of nuclear warfare is going to have to be VERY responsive to any developments. An outbreak of Typhus, or an armed gang sighted 2 days march away.

The person or persons involved will have to make quick, sometimes UGLY decisions. For example, you might have to decide to close the community NOW from the outside world because of sickness. NO ONE will be allowed in or out. This would have to enforced with DEADLY force. IF your community is surviving, how the hell are you going to KEEP it alive if typhus or cholera or smallpox or WHATEVER is near by.

The issues are difficult at best and draconian to maintain.

My $0.02

Mike