*thanos snaps*

Putting asides all the conflict hot zones that a sudden imbalance or perception of advantage could ignite, and of course all the countries that might have territorial ambitions but not act on them because the cards aren’t presently in their favor- the market collapse on a global scale from this event would be likely unprecedented. Not just a huge loss of consumer base and worker base as well as uncertainty etc- but among those “half” of people were inevitably politicians and executives and extremely wealthy folks. Tesla without Elon, No more Bill Gates perhaps?

That economic crash could and likely would cause war and conflict. There would likely be starvation, shortages of goods and services. Where powerful leaders were snapped there would be coups and power struggles. Places where the young snapped away outnumber the old would face crisis as well.

It’s very likely governments would have incentivized people to boost the population as quickly as possible where able. In the meantime we’d also loose people like those that clear forests and power lines or who enforce environmental regulations. Given the soreness of many people’s circumstances- it’s likely that environmental concerns would take a back seat to practical industry.

We already see that in areas where economic growth lags- it’s a historical process- generally countries move from industry that prioritizes fast results at low monetary cost without concern for other factors- eventually to industry that puts the processes at a higher priority to scale. At a point the market becomes saturated by cheap and easy products or the means and resources to continue production become too scarce and more advanced products are required to continue growth. These products however generally require that the basic needs of a population be met in surplus before they become viable. People invent or buy shoes before they worry about smart lightbulbs or eco friendly straws.

So I contend that the post snap earth would not be all peace and sunshine and nature- but in fact would more likely be a place of instability and the devastation caused by the after effects. There were only 2.3 Billion people on earth at the start of WW2- less than only half the current population of the world. Humans managed to destroy nature and kill each other on an astonishing scale just fine with those numbers.

Well there are two different snaps that this could be referencing. The original IW snap that eliminated half of life or the potential snap in Endgame where he would have recreated the Universe from scratch to be in balance. We don’t really know what his definition of “balanced” is, we only know that he believed removing half of life was a long-term solution for overpopulation, which is totally isn’t. So his new universe could have been a paradise or it could have just been another staring line for life to do what it does and run the place into the ground.