in a graduate program for green minded people, this was discussed in detail for months on end. Basically from a mass communication point of view, you are right.

in a graduate program for green minded people, this was discussed in detail for months on end. Basically from a mass communication point of view, you are right. You cannot simply declare unsolvable doom and expect results. It is psychologically and emotionally too much. You get polarized people who argue, deny, mock or despair, commit slow or fast suicide, etc.. Skilled communicators start and stop with something that is accessible to the listener. There has to be a binding element of some kind to cause the listener to be bonded to the speakers, in some way, directly or indirectly... even if the path forward is not clear