a large-scale nuclear exchange would end civilization as we currently know it if for no other reason than killing 90% of the population and EMPing all current infrastructure is just a tad disruptive
I just want to point out that 90% of the world dying sure sounds like doomsday to me. But maybe Posadists have the right idea.
It absolutely is, but for comparison 90% of the indigenous population of the Americas died within 20 years of Columbus setting foot on Hispanola from old world diseases and then the remnants had to deal with centuries of slavery, genocide, and oppression from a population that didn't, and yet there are still plenty of First Nations peoples around today. There's a meaningful difference between apocalypse and Everyone Is Dead Forever.
I just want to point out that 90% of the world dying sure sounds like doomsday to me. But maybe Posadists have the right idea.
It absolutely is, but for comparison 90% of the indigenous population of the Americas died within 20 years of Columbus setting foot on Hispanola from old world diseases and then the remnants had to deal with centuries of slavery, genocide, and oppression from a population that didn't, and yet there are still plenty of First Nations peoples around today. There's a meaningful difference between apocalypse and Everyone Is Dead Forever.