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[–] araneae@beehaw.org 0 points 4 days ago

Respectful disagree. People raised now, particularly Americans, exist in a bubble of ignorance and relative safety, often finding it hard to believe a certain kind of danger is happening right up until the last minute. A gunman isn't really firing an automatic weapon at my workplace is he? What, like in Die Hard? That jet isn't about to hit my apartment building with a missile right? What is this, a Call of Duty game? Are Russians really waging psychological war on democracies around the world? Like in a Tom Clancy novel?

Stop disassociating. Stop denying. He seig heiled twice. The people who don't want to believe that are in serious danger and need to be shaken lucid. Like, pfft, what is this, one of those Wolfenstein reboots? These fictional worlds drew inspiration from somewhere. They were our ways to cope and make stacks off the pain and fear that preceeded them. It isn't playing wolf. Reality will rip your throat out in the woods.