A Boring Dystopia

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USA Unprepared for H5N1 Pandemic (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short we've learned nothing, done nothing, and will be caught flat again. If you're not ready, get ready, because no one is coming to save you.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That’s like a right wing doomsday prepper fantasy. Them and their arsenal against a mob of whoever trying to take their stuff.

But they always stop before the end where they get killed anyway. Only so many bullets and starving people with nothing to lose aren’t giving up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I laughed because you are right, but you're heavily discounting the fact that most people would cowtow immediately if they thought they could get the slightest bit of protection.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wolverines!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Only two survived the event (1984) version. Man, that film didn’t age well. The Chinese were our allies, Nicaragua and Cuba I think were part of the attackers. Russia is still an enemy, though.