[GratefulCitizen]

The feed of news, culture, and social media is designed to create a never ending drip of negative emotions.
This primes a population for panic when a threat is presented which cannot be accurately assessed.

A portion of the population will do anything to relieve the stress.
They will latch onto whatever gives hope, even it is somewhat irrational.

When the more resilient portion of the population dares to point out the irrational nature of the the behaviors which bring hope, they are attacked by the less resilient portion.
This is because it again exposes the less resilient to the stress from which they have finally found relief.

Sadly, a large portion of the population would rather have relief from the stress of dealing with reality, at the cost of their freedom.

None of us are getting out of this life alive and intact.
If everyone were taught that lesson when young and taught not to fear it, they might develop a personal strategy to make the most of the time they are given.

A culture based on materialism and hedonism, lacking any enduring meaning, is ripe to be conquered and subjugated.