So I have this story, where portions of Northern America are in turmoil (Preferably the West coast,) it's very anarchic, with like tribes of people holding territories and fighting amongst themselves.
Now, I need help to find out a plausible way of how it got that way
My first idea was that all the nuclear stockpiles were destroyed, however, this made conventional warfare possible between superpowers and such. And for some reason (I can't think of one,) China attacks the United States. They fight, China pulls back, and the West coast is wrecked.
Base it off hitler?
How about there is a new super addicting drug (Maybe at first it seemed harmless) and it turned the west coast into a bunch of druggies but they organize themselves into tribes
how about an incredibly virulent biological weapon test. it could go wrong and decimate massive populated areas, then mutate into something harmless. then the looting and rioting will do the rest for you.
[QUOTE=CourageDog;18601358]Base it off hitler?[/QUOTE]
And make another Godwin.
[QUOTE=Satansick;18602812]How about there is a new super addicting drug (Maybe at first it seemed harmless) and it turned the west coast into a bunch of druggies but they organize themselves into tribes[/QUOTE]
This IS the west coast at the moment. tribes=gangs.
I had a great idea story idea stored on my cell phone, but it was Iran, not the west coast.
How about an alternate history thing where European powers pulled their colonization efforts in the New World, leaving America in a state like modern-day Africa, only with Native Americans.
how did it turn out?
I appreciate the help. The bio testing is pretty neat, I'll keep that one in mind.
The drugs is also pretty good, but pretty unrealistic, why couldn't the drugs turn any other place into a anarchic wreck?
And as for the alternate history, it too was good, but it would screw with a lot of history, and change a lot of stuff.
How about China coming up with the cure for cancer and completely fucks up the order of the world, and USA loses alot of its power which makes their economical situation very dire, causing wall-street to plummet to all-time low, causing another great depression.
This sparks a civil war that tears up the country, and USA is then obliterated and becomes the wild west once again?
[QUOTE=Satansick;18602812]How about there is a new super addicting drug (Maybe at first it seemed harmless) and it turned the west coast into a bunch of druggies but they organize themselves into tribes[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I like this idea; a reality-based story!
[QUOTE=Satansick;18602812]How about there is a new super addicting drug (Maybe at first it seemed harmless) and it turned the west coast into a bunch of druggies but they organize themselves into tribes[/QUOTE]
I think you unintentionally just described America's weed problem.
[QUOTE=Gregah;18679340]How about China coming up with the cure for cancer and completely fucks up the order of the world, and USA loses alot of its power which makes their economical situation very dire, causing wall-street to plummet to all-time low, causing another great depression.
This sparks a civil war that tears up the country, and USA is then obliterated and becomes the wild west once again?[/QUOTE]
How would a cure for cancer mess up world order?
[QUOTE=Penguin-Man;18686851]How would a cure for cancer mess up world order?[/QUOTE]
China would become an economic powerhouse capable of standing on their own legs, and the table would turn, making every other country chinas bitch.
Right now China is heavily dependant on the western countries to buy stuff from them, imagine China finding the cure to a disease that plagues everyone and is uncurable.
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