Yes, I would have liked to see more about the lives of ordinary citzens after the attacks. The show focused a lot on the politics and power struggle in that post-apocalyptic scenario, and we all rooted for Roslin instead of Baltar or Zarek, but, aside from the war on terror cylons, the blaket market ban, the abortion thing, what do we really know about the policies that were implemented or part of their respective campaigns? Listening to those politicians and to the press conferences that were eventually held, one would think life was going on pretty much as before, and that is not realistic at all. The hardships faced by people confined in tiny spaceships, constantly on the run, with limited supplies of food, water, medicine etc would be enourmous. The living conditions varied a lot from ship to ship, as well, since some of them were luxurious transatlantic "transplanetary" vessels, while others were essentially adapted space buses. Resources (including human resources)would have to be redistributed and we cannot think of the existence of a job market and of economic growth in the way we normally do. Equality/inequality would become a serious social/political issue that could erupt in serious social upheaval and radical political moviments. This sort of concern is particularly relevant nowadays when the world is facing such a serious economic crisis and the role of the state in dealing with it , who is going to pay the bill , how the costs are going to be shared among the population as well as the rise of extremist groups are major international issues.
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