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Children-Only Post-Plague Society

Description

A plague kills everyone over 12, leaving children to rebuild society from scratch, and a 10-year-old girl organizes a fortified community, testing whether children can replicate adult governance or create something entirely different.

Real-World Relevance

Models the Lord of the Flies question: what happens when children must self-govern? Relevant to youth councils, student governance, and whether adult institutional frameworks are learned or innate.

Classification

Domains: Pandemics and Biological ThreatsGovernance and Political Systems

Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-if

Outcomes: Ambiguous / MixedCautionary

Tags: children-only-societyplague-adultschild-governance

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