Re: Anti-Doom Thread --
M,
I am not selling anything, and if the message of your post is to remain calm in troubled times, I can agree. If the message of your post is to caution against jumping to conclusions, I can agree. However, if the message of your post is to conclusively state that those things are not possible, and with certainty not going to happen, then I cannot agree, for that is no better than panicking for no reason.
As an easy example, were you to tell an average citizen of Germany in 1928 that their nation was headed towards a tyranical form of government that would play a major role in the deaths of millions, they would likely and understandably scoff at the notion.
There is a subtle, but important distinction between doomsaying and turning a blind eye towards troubling developments. That fine line in the middle is to recognize something for what it is. As an easy example, a law which allows a citizen of the United States to be arrested, detained indefinetly, and not charged for a crime, merely at the whim of the executive branch, does not require hyperbole to be troubling to a keen intellect.
Again, I am not necessarily arguing with you, since I don't know the motivation behind your comments, but I don't agree with the generalization either.
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