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In my mind, there are 2 conclusions you could come to: 1) There is an actual plausible nuclear threat, or 2) There is some benefit to making people irrationally
by daenz 4y ago
In my mind, there are 2 conclusions you could come to: 1) There is an actual plausible nuclear threat, or 2) There is some benefit to making people irrationally fearful.
- mathgeek 4y agoThere is also the more benign: 3) a group of employees whose job it is to think up and produce these videos thought it should be made.
- rPlayer6554 4y agoHow about option 4: we unfortunately live in a world with nuclear weapons which are controlled by humans and humans are not always predictable . Its good practice to communicate the emergency plan well in advance of needing it.
- tootie 4y agoYeah, it's literally the NYC Office of Emergency Management. Their whole jam is being prepared for disasters. NYC has seen enough of them already that they need an agency that can respond faster and more fit to the city's needs than FEMA.
- daenz 4y agoMaybe but that job requires a basic understanding of public perception, so they must know how it could be perceived, yet they did nothing to account for that.
- bob1029 4y agoUpon review of Cold War history and the state of our media, I'd be inclined to select conclusion #2 at the moment.
- daenz 4y agoI imagine it might persuade people to support Ukraine and pay attention to what's happening over there.
- ch4s3 4y agoReminding people that the sword of damocles is still hanging there is a good way to build support for solutions.