If you disagree with any of my posts, take a look at the original posters hypothetical and then in that light, not some personally reworked variation, make your case. I'm willing to be persuaded by a logical argument based on realistic and believable premises (unlike the hypothetical itself.) Simply asserting the the military will be well behaved, great artists will arise out of the minor difficulties, and the indomitable spirit of the American people (hum "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" quietly and respectfully in the background during this part) will triumph over all adversity and return to a simpler time when we could all risk polio, unsafe patent medications, embalmed beef, dawn to dusk labor etc. you know, the good old days!
Ok, lets use some real scenarios of human survival without the aid of modern technology during extreme conditions, ones that actually happened. One is before modern technology came to pass and one is after modern technology came to pass. Granted, the survivors ultimately had to resort to eating each other to survive, but they survived.
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