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Originally Posted by aka123
Maybe you should case study Nazi-Germany or Soviet Union. Although not the only ones. Military steps in, curfews, etc. And there wont be total economic breakdown even in the countries hit. At least there is black market, although everything else may be government controlled, food coupons, etc.
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Different times. Different situation. Most of these countries now live or die by import / export, including power in some cases and medicine.
If a full nuclear exchange took place, the lights are going off in a lot of places. How long before countries who import their antibiotics run out of them? You think the banks are going to be open? It's going to cause chaos no matter where you are for a while. Eventually, hopefully, the military will step in to get things in order, but where do they buy their weapons, machine parts, and gas/oil from? You can only keep the peace for so long if you can't fuel your vehicles or keep your troops armed. Unless you make your own weapons and ammo, they can only be fired so many times. And so on.
You could break this down on many levels and find problems no matter which way you look, as you're not talking about a simple war, you're talking about complete destruction of infrastructure, ease of commerce, manufacturing, and everything else. There won't be private contractors sent in to rebuild the roads, pipelines, power grid, and on and on.
Using China as an example, they have to import much of their food because they are unable to grow what is needed to feed their population. How is that going to work out for them when they can't get anymore? It's going to be a nightmare. What kind of human rights violations do you think will take place in "safe countries" when the world can not see what is taking place and no on is going to get on their case about it?
Sure, eventually things will work out, but it will take a long, long time.