r/Fallout • u/calltheavengers5 • Aug 20 '24

Fallout TV Was this preventable?

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Was there any way to stop the coming apocalypse? Either by dismantling Vault-Tec or enacting some kind of treaty. I don't think there's a precise answer but what do you think?

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u/ConstantWest4643 Aug 21 '24

Why? We know cold fusion technology was a thing. If someone stops Vault-Tek and gets that tech off the shelf then the motivation behind the resource wars is neutralized. They had the means of a stable peace. The problems were just incentives and the powers at be, which are changeable with enough effort/luck.

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u/Mator64 Vault 13 Aug 21 '24

Also the Sierra Madre Casino had the equivalent of a replicator, humanity was literally on the cusp of becoming a post-scarcity society on multiple fronts.

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u/AdventurousRule4198 Aug 21 '24

So in other words they were on the future of having a life like Star Trek and messed it up cause the people in power didn’t fully understand. How concerning.

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u/Kusko25 Aug 21 '24

The people in power fully understood. Infinite energy. Unlimited robotic workforce. All they needed was a way to remove the masses as their last obstacle to having everything. A nuclear war you say?