It seems like the majority of people have no clue what is going on right now in this country. They just go on about their lives as if nothing at all is happening. I definitely get not stressing about this full time, but, at least for me, it has been hard to pay attention to much else.
Apart from people being oblivious, when they are shown information or told about what is going on, many just seem to shrug it off as if it is no big deal, like it won't affect them.
It has made me feel like I'm completely losing my mind. Most people that I talk to have no idea that the President is likely going to enforce the insurrection act or martial law. Many have no idea that China has heavily invaded our country.
And even when they are told about it...they still just shrug their shoulders.
Am I the only one that is dealing with this?
I read an interview with a plane fire survivor.
He said as he was running to get out the exit door on the runway lots of people just stayed buckled up looking blankly around - and they did not make it out.
Psychology is weird. People want to believe everything is okay so bad they'll ignore a lot of things to keep believing that.
If you look around and everyone is doing 1 thing, that's the thing you most likely shouldn't be doing. The average IQ of the population is not high. The average person is not impressive. Do the opposite of what the masses are doing. What that being said, that is what makes the collective hivemind of reddit the dumbest collective of people in the entire existence of life.
I try to be conscious of that. I’m a history buff. I used to watch this show called Connections with James Burke. In one episode he posited that the creation of the atomic bomb was dependent on the invention of the stirrup, which was a decisive factor in the outcome of - I’m thinking it was the battle of Hastings in 1100-something AD. And he walked the whole thing through, this led to that etc.
So I’m putting pieces together all the time in a way that makes my mind-set completely alien to what’s going on in other people’s heads.
MuH WiSDoM oF CROwDs
dick comment but also funny
Not quite the same magnitude, but there was a bus I used to catch every day, and in the summer I'd get on, and invariably it was packed and intensely hot in there, with the air conditioner off. On the first occasion, I just asked the bus driver if he could turn on the a/c, and he was like "oh, sorry, sure!" and turned it on, relieving everyone.
The same thing happened on at least 10 other occasions, to the point it became a habit that I'd anticipate it and immediately ask the bus driver to turn on the a/c as soon as I got on.
People in general REALLY don't like speaking up or going against the grain.
That's crazy, is there a video interview of him? They just sat there and burned? Wow
I think I read it in a Dave Mcrainey book or blog. Interesting stuff if you like psychology.
100% this. Just be glad you are aware of what is going on, and be prepared to protect loved ones when necessary.
Wow that's insane. You have a source for that story I'd love to learn more