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> Also, I don't really get the societal penalty for disaster preparation. It makes a lot of sense: if you're preparing for a disaster, you won't go down with
by neurologic 6y ago
> Also, I don't really get the societal penalty for disaster preparation.
It makes a lot of sense: if you're preparing for a disaster, you won't go down with everyone else when disaster strikes. This creates some feeling of resentment which caused people to lash out at you.
- stcredzero 6y agoyou won't go down with everyone else when disaster strikes. This creates some feeling of resentment which caused people to lash out at you. A well known psychologist was castigated a few years back for his likening people to lobsters. Yet here we have a perfect example of people acting like the proverbial lobsters who drag the escaping lobster back into the pot.
- greedo 6y agoCrab pot metaphor.