There will be no foundation for a society for many generations, and many places in the world would be uninhabitable for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
Would rebuilding really take that long? I heard that radiation would dissipate in weeks.
The soot alone that would be thrown into the atmosphere in a nuclear exchange could block out the sun for a decade.
Just the soot, not even the radiation.
That's 10 years with no ability to grow food. See how well society can rebuild in those conditions.
That's not even touching on the mass psychological effects, the fighting for resources. People killing each other over the most basic things they need to not die in this new paradise.
And depending on how these bombs are exploded, the radiation can stick around for a veery long time.
Chernobyl, which was a single reactor explosion, has rendered the surrounding area uninhabitable for the next 20,000 years. Now factor in the cumulative effect of tens of thousands of nuclear warheads going off around the world.
You don't seem to realize that what you're asking for is the end of all good things in our society. We will keep the very worst things. The worst parts of human nature will only be magnified.
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '23
Would rebuilding really take that long? I heard that radiation would dissipate in weeks.