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I was in Ukraine yesterday. That is 100% untrue. When you're in a war zone, even if you're in the country but far from the action, the only thing you can think

I was in Ukraine yesterday. That is 100% untrue. When you're in a war zone, even if you're in the country but far from the action, the only thing you can think about is your immediate survival and the survival of your friends and family. Literally nothing else matters.

throwaway5752 5y ago
Thanks for editing your comment for additional clarity. There isn't much one can do about anything if they survive until the next day, but that does not mean they don't care about non-immediate concerns. Flight 571 survivors were not pro-cannibalism, they did what they had to in order to survive in terrible circumstances. People in poverty and conflict definitely still care about their familys' futures.
- janto 5y ago
  A family in conflict might not have a future if we "only talk about 'climate crisis'".
- sofixa 5y ago
  > Flight 571 TIL. That was a terrifying read..
gr8tnwz 5y ago
It’s funny how intensity triggers our anxiety like that. Triggers a disposition to ignore the future for the moment. I wonder if western propaganda and hype generation for technology, quarterly gains, the latest stuff! could be leveraged intentionally to distract any human then given our shared biology. That’s a rhetorical point since I know our biology is intentionally used against us like that by industry because marketing and PR execs have explained how it is just so they seek to keep our inner monologues flush with their phrases. There’s plenty of new perspectives and applications of your agency available. Why not put yourself to them rather than demand others change theirs? No? Going to sit at screen and PR others into action? Typical rich westerner; externalizing the change they want to see in the world.