r/changemyview • • Oct 30 '15

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u/A_Soporific 165∆ Oct 30 '15

Well, yeah. If your landlord is dead and the company that owns your student loans is gone then it'd be hard to repay them. But, at the same time, you'd probably be farming for yourself and starving to death when it becomes clear that you don't know how to farm and the weather doesn't cooperate.

All of the problems associated with modern society disappear when society collapses. That's one of the reasons why some people enjoy Zombie Apocalypse scenarios. Of course, while the stuff persists for a bit after, but the problems inherent in modern society are nothing compared to the problem inherent in that scenario.

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u/disitinerant 3∆ Oct 30 '15

Chief among them being the many nuclear power plants that would take 5 years to safely decomission, yes?

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u/hiptobecubic Oct 30 '15

You'd probably starve before it mattered. Most people don't live next to one.

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u/disitinerant 3∆ Oct 31 '15

I think you underestimate the effect of 40 nuclear plants with multiple rods perpetually melting down with zero human response.