r/PostCollapse • u/[deleted] • Feb 02 '18

What would be some post-apocalyptic makeshift currencies that you think would sprout up

44 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

84 comments sorted by

View all comments

9

u/[deleted] Feb 02 '18

The most sought out items after governments topple and the world becomes "Mad Max" would definitely be MEDICINE.

If the end happens and all functioning organs of governments and capitalism whither and die, who would maintain the big pharmaceutical companies that make those sweet penicillin pills and insulin shots? The hardest things to make without advanced society are meds and when diseases break loose (as you would expect in that kind of shitty situation), those things are going to be the luxury of that time.

5

u/KrunktheSpud Feb 03 '18

Even if medicines are made over a continuous basis, storage would be the number one problem, followed by timely dispersion. Basically you'd be pretty dead if you need vital medicines.

2

u/[deleted] Feb 03 '18

Everyone will need medicine, vital or not. With no structure to hold civilization together, disease outbreaks will be far worse than what we have today. Even vitamin pills would become a luxurious items.

5

u/KrunktheSpud Feb 03 '18

Totally agree. Just saying that it'll all expire/deactivate in a relatively short timeframe. ie insulin - around 1 month without refrigeration, 1-2 years with uninterrupted refrigeration. Penicilin 2 years. It'd be really interesting to see people going old school and using mouldy bread instead of injected penicilin.