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Old 10-15-2012, 11:58 PM   #6
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Default Re: Z tactics against Military

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Originally Posted by Polydamas View Post
That works quite well with a lot of mythologies, where failing to properly bury the dead is a Bad Thing. On the other hand, it still leaves the problem of justifying a situation where "almost everybody dies" in a short period ...
Not that hard. Any disaster, natural or otherwise, that interrupts the machinery of civilisation sufficiently so that refridgerated food spoils and new supplies of food don't come in for a few weeks. The power going out on a large enough scale would do it, as long as it was hard enough to fix so that it would be hard to predict how long it takes.

Authority collapses as soon as it becomes obvious that the government can't help people find their next meal and there is no end in sight. Cities become massive centers of rioting and violence. People massacre one other over sharply limited food supplies.
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