and then.... what? you think all of the rich elites and high ranking officials that survived are going to walk outside and start tilling the land and building new settlements? they'll stay in their bunkers until supplies start running out, and eventually turn on each other because none of them are willing to put in anything actually resembling labor. that's why they're the rich and elite in the first place. they're only fit to exist in a functioning world. they can't survive in a world that isn't already stable.
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