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Apocalyptic beliefs are no longer fringe—and they’re shaping how people respond to global threats (news.ubc.ca)
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Research.

In an era of climate anxiety, geopolitical tensions and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence, apocalyptic thinking is no longer confined to the fringes of society

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[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

According to reports, a lot of military commanders

https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for

[–] totally_human_emdash_user@piefed.blahaj.zone -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Sure, but were they speaking officially on behalf of the U.S. military, or were they just expressing their own (distressingly commonly held) view?

[–] Francisco@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

When are military personel not talking officially? ...have you seen Sen. Kelly prosecution by trump-hegseth-dptOfWar, they claim retired military personel do not have free speech, aka they are always bound to speak officially. So, I ask again, when are military personel not talking officially?

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Herr Colonel and dozens of other commanders did say ze war was to exterminate ze jews and dominate ze world, but maybe it's just zeir own personal feelings and surely not ze fuhrer's intent"

[–] totally_human_emdash_user@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 days ago

I think it is much more likely that Trump enjoys the power trip that comes from bullying the weak than that he is specifically out to start a holy war, and at the end of the day the goal of the U.S. military is to do whatever he says, no matter what they personally think about it.

[–] TerrabyteMarx@quokk.au 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Since when has the military ever officially and explicitly stated their actual intentions

[–] totally_human_emdash_user@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

According to the person I was responding to, this is exactly what they are doing:

Doesn’t help that the US military are saying the recent war in Iran is to start a holy war and bring about the apocalypse.