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Originally Posted by Ambush Master
Why are so MANY so BLIND to what is happening?!?!?!
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While there are several excellent answers already posted, I would suggest something just a bit stronger.
Nobody wants to hear bad news.
Even if the situation requires nothing of the individual - no risk or sacrifice at all - people pointedly do not want to hear it.
In support of my statement, watch any major network's national evening news. Look at it from the perspective of communicating information that has importance. You will see something about the BP problem - but nothing too uncomfortable. There will be some oiled and dying wildlife, carefully offset with confident predictions of cleanups and encouraging stories of rescued wildlife. Then there will be a piece on the economy, balanced with a discussion of hopeful signs and future progress. There is the obligatory heart-warming story. There is very little (if anything) about the more difficult issues our society faces.
Unfortunately, I believe this implies that the vast majority will be surprised by coming events. The Islamic expansion is, at least partly, based in demographics. They have a rapidly expanding young population. The developed countries in the west have a stable and aging population. This creates an environment conducive to Islamic expansion completely aside from other factors.
We might ask ourselves a question I often reflect on. (Rhetorical!) What happens if Nmap's gloom 'n doom is right, and global GDP declines? What if food availability declines? What happens in places with huge populations bent on expansion?