This is not a post-apocalyptic story.
This is not a post-apocalyptic story.
The world didn't end.
There's still a semi-functioning national coin and a valued American Dollar.It's suggested that China is still going strong.
Most thriving local shops are in the hands of Chinese/Asians. As is the case in a lot of developing countries in Asia and Africa.
So, globally, capitalism is still thriving.
What's shocking for (our) caucasian/Northern/North-American/European eyes is that the collapse, mentioned in the intro, happened in Australia, a "developed" country.
In fact, the Rover's anarchic backdrop is an everyday reality in developing countries.
You have these so-called soft states, great at targeted repression and clientelism, where there's only order in the capital. The rest is chaos.
Like The Rover's Australia, these states get their quick revenue from mining. Tyical warlord-cleptocracies: farming or service industries are too long-term to care for.
This is just a white man's Third World country. Like some Afrikaner nightmare.
I'm thinking of present-day Liberia, where ebola ravages the population and its (weak) institutions. Or Somalia where Al-Shabaab knocks on Mogadishu's door.
The only thing missing was a reference to UN-refugeecamps or some bags of UNAID lying around to prove my point.
Not trying to start a discussion here. Just -erm- giving my point of view.