Dr. Strangelove
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I came with the idea for this thread after reading Amerigo's Cuban Missile War Timeline, where human civilisation survives in a reasonable state despite all the death and destruction.
Still, this war would destroy most european and american cities. Think of all the ancient cities, museums and works of art turned into dust in a second.
Of course, in a scenario where hundreds of millions have died,and mankind's first concern is to survive, caring about the Mona Lisa getting nuked is quite obscene. However, I think that the cultural effects of having a large percentage of western heritage getting literally wiped from the face of earth would start to be felt in a few generations. Once the situation settles and the survivors in America and Europe get their act together and a semblance of normality returns, someone will start caring that the Mona Lisa got nuked. People would look at old art books and realize that perhaps 90% of the works depicted there were wiped out from the face of earth, never to return. Small old cities untouched by nukes would probably be protected to preserve the old architecture wiped out in the big metropolis. Perhaps we could see to diametrally opposed currents in culture: one in which the lost art works would try to be recreated, and another that would try to forget the past and see the lost heritage as a part of the world that caused the nuclear war.
Your thoughts?
Still, this war would destroy most european and american cities. Think of all the ancient cities, museums and works of art turned into dust in a second.
Of course, in a scenario where hundreds of millions have died,and mankind's first concern is to survive, caring about the Mona Lisa getting nuked is quite obscene. However, I think that the cultural effects of having a large percentage of western heritage getting literally wiped from the face of earth would start to be felt in a few generations. Once the situation settles and the survivors in America and Europe get their act together and a semblance of normality returns, someone will start caring that the Mona Lisa got nuked. People would look at old art books and realize that perhaps 90% of the works depicted there were wiped out from the face of earth, never to return. Small old cities untouched by nukes would probably be protected to preserve the old architecture wiped out in the big metropolis. Perhaps we could see to diametrally opposed currents in culture: one in which the lost art works would try to be recreated, and another that would try to forget the past and see the lost heritage as a part of the world that caused the nuclear war.
Your thoughts?