maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Tue Oct-07-08 08:11 PM
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3. the global economy would stop
you could make an argument that this is not entirely a bad thing.
see: http://www.adbusters.org/
Well, DUmmie, the first thing that would happen is the local Quickie Mart where you get your Cheetoes runs out of gas after the fuel transport company says it will only take cash for the transaction. Next, and in short order, your local grocery store starts running out of daily delivery items such as donuts and breads, for the same reason.
After that, a systemic crash ensues. Everyone withdraws money from the banks, which means no more lending which wipes out a lot of peoples paychecks for money they can no longer access anyway.
In three days to a week, local stores, regarding they haven't seen rioting and looting yet, start noticeably running out of goods. As necessary items start running into short supply a general panic sets in and the rioting and looting, unchecked by any police force, starts.
Within a week, the power grid shuts down. The electric company will run out of fuel for it's plant and workers to operate it. People who need medicine such as insulin will begin dying within the next week. Starvation starts setting in.
At six weeks there is general starvation. Depending on the time of year this occurs, more people malnourished and unprepared for the winter die. Locally, warlords will form small bands of people loyal to them, and forcing anyone weaker into slavery. Some even welcome the slavery as better than the chaos surrounding them.
At three months, there are only three groups of people remaining on the Earth. The warlords and their thugs, the starving, and the warlords slaves.
Why the any human would think this is a good thing is beyond my ability to understand. In fact that human may well have lost his humanity.
