• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    My best guess is that they’ll use biological warfare. Our culture has already demonstrated that this is a huge weakness. They could also get us with a cyber attack, shutting down important infrastructure that way.

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      4 days ago

      Our government is exceptional at dealing in violence but inept at handling threats that it can’t beat, shoot, or bomb into submission.

      The societal response and government handling of COVID was not at all reassuring. To the point that I let go of any last remaining shred of hope I had for us to turn this ship around on several metrics (e.g. climate change). And unfortunately I think it has gotten even worse, e.g. with the (at least apparent) increase in anti-vaxxers.

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        4 days ago

        Same. My city reopened in Mid-June 2020 and I remember going to the gym and seeing people pretending the virus was gone, no masks, distancing, or wiping down the equipment. People are disgusting.

        So I still mask up and carry sanitizer.

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      4 days ago

      Release Ebola or some such thing in America, and the MAGAs will make sure no laws or mandates are passed to prevent it’s spread. 50% of the population will be gone within a year, destroying our society without firing a shot.

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        4 days ago

        It would be oddly poetic to use our own basic grossness against us. Americans have terrible hygiene.

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      Iran would not do that, but you raise an important point about how insanely vulnerable the US is to actual biological attacks.

      Could you imagine the US government trying to get Americans to get an anthrax vaccine after a weapon attack?