why did the ruling class do this? i have vague ideas but not sure what is the actually correct analysis
- jesus
republican people with power actually believe the crap they say and/or know their voters do, so they genuinely just dont want abortions to happen because jesus
- class warfare
millennials arent having enough babies to support the labour pool + people with children make for better cogs, since they are less likely to stir shit and cause problems for their employers/landlords as they will feel they have more to risk
- fascist state
hearing stories from people reporting on their neighbours in texas, its about creating a fascist panopticon with people increasingly policing themselves and everyone they interact with across the country, with more things to police about each other to be added in the future
is it one of these, or a mix, or something else, or is it pointless to even search for the "correct" analysis here?
America doesn't have enough nukes to end the world.
The downside is they have enough nukes to end China (but also vice versa). If a nuclear exchange happened, China would probably cease to exist almost completely, and America would have all of its cities destroyed. Then it's just a matter of which country colonizes the remnants of the US first. Mexico would obviously make huge gains for one.
It's a tragedy but there'd be a silver lining
The dust that gets thrown into the air from even a limited nuclear exchange (less than 100) will destroy a large percentage of life on earth.