“It's Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.”

[GoobyBooby]

Where have you been fooled?  

1960's - no more oil in 10 years
1970's - another ice age in 10 years
1980's - acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years
1990's - The ozone layer will be destroyed in 10 years 
2000's - Ice floes will be gone in 10 years.
2000 - Y2k (millennium) will destroy everything!
2001 - Anthrax will kill us all!
2002 - West Nile virus will kill us all!
2003 - SARS will kill us all!
2005 - Bird flu will kill us all!
2006 - E. coli will kill us all!
2008 - The financial crash will kill us all!
2009 - Swine flu will kill us all!
2012 - Mayan calendar will end. We will all die!
2013 - North Korea will start the 3rd world war. We will all die!
2014 - Ebola will kill us all!
2015 - ISIS will kill us all!
2016 - Zika will kill us all!
2018 - Global warming will kill us all!
2019 - CO2 will kill us all!
2020 - Corona will kill us all!

[BadHippie]

That´s how media and society works sadly. 

Having a "bogeyman" allows people to feel meaning in life, simply by conforming to some authority. If you watch some of the advertisement the German government put out in order to make people follow the narrative it´s super obvious.

They basically told people "you can be a hero by eating chips, playing video games and staying home..." 

[Tim R]

Nice straw man.

[Late Boomer]

Interesting jiu-jitsu move. 

[BeHereNow]

I mean, if people weren't so worried about the near future we would have went extinct a very long time ago. Survival isn't a joke, none of us would be here if our ancestors weren't concerned about eating or keeping warm. Humans will still think the world will end in their lifetimes when we're colonizing the galaxy. It's in our nature to worry about the future.

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Edited October 7, 2021 by BeHereNow

[TheAlchemist]

With such black/white and simplified thinking it's no surprise you have been fooled that many times. Maybe you can learn to look for more nuance in your positions so you don't have to flip flop from one extreme to the other. 

Edited October 8, 2021 by TheAlchemist

[GoobyBooby]

On 9/29/2021 at 4:38 AM, Tim R said:

Nice straw man.

On 9/28/2021 at 8:45 PM, GoobyBooby said:

ore oil in 10 years
1970's - another ice age in 10 years
1980's - acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years
1990's - The ozone layer will be destroyed in 10 years 
2000's - Ice floes will be gone in 10 years.
2000 - Y2k (millennium) will destroy everything!
2001 - Anthrax will kill us all!
2002 - West Nile virus will kill us all!
2003 - SARS will kill us all!
2005 - Bird flu will kill

Are you actually saying these have NOT been the mainstream narratives? LOL

 

[Opo]

Look what I've stumbled upon. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/comments/qd0syl/you_are_still_alive_hits_different_from_her_now/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share