I feel like elaborating on this I used to have a fascination with stories about people who survive disasters and what makes someone resilient in extreme conditions (which I totally am not) I read a book about it and the guy said the most dangerous thing was denialhttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1250222170304729088 …
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And now our whole civilization is going through a crisis where a ton of details from the map that people thought were laws of nature have been ripped away All those finance tips about the stock market returning 4% every year or renters will always pay your mortgage for you
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"They can't just CLOSE EVERYTHING, they can't just LAY EVERYONE OFF, we can't have a Second Great Depression RIGHT NOW, in my lifetime, they promised with the Fed and the SEC no such thing was possible ever again This can't be happening"
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Again and again that childlike whine of THIS ISN'T FAIR, THIS ISN'T RIGHT, I CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO LIVE LIKE THIS You're right, it fucking sucks, there's nothing good about it, but there's no manager to complain to who can magically make a virus go away because it's wrong
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And the guy was very harsh, he said that people who talk like this may be very smart and very kind and very hardworking decent generous people in normal civilized life But that tone of voice in a time of disaster is the sound of a dead man walking
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