Which is the greater threat to America, Ignorance or Apathy?

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: Irishhaf
Its tough to muster up the gumption to post when you get people answering with why bother, Id rather die quickly.

Yet they dont know if a quick death will be an option, people dont know what the prevailing winds are in their area, where are the potential strike locations, they dont know that every nuke wont be a megaton yield, many will be kiloton allowing a lot more to survive, or that the technology is much "cleaner". (yea I get the oxymoron but nukes are not as dirty as they once were)

They seem happy to remain ignorant in part because people are afraid to move in this day and age for some reason, they wont move for a better paying job, or safety and security of the family they just sit and complain about how bad its gotten. Maybe in part because they are afraid to acknowledge how bad things are getting in fear of causing it to happen.

Well, this in itself brings up a good point it's really about flexibility and location. For example, in the early days of the lockdown, the closest bug-out location I know of was absolutely filled with people. Like too many people the locals were complaining etc. Such concerns in a real crisis could have a town close off access roads. In other words, you could have fully stocked sufficient bug-out locations and not be able to get there. It was so bad it's not even my favorite locale anymore, problem is we will have to drive through there to get to other locations

In a real crisis mode no telling if that location will be open or if it will be isolated enough. So really you need at least a backup location to head to if not 2 or 3 depending on multiple factors.

Personally, if it goes nuclear we are screwed, even one or two popping off, sooner or later the rest will fly. Got to wonder if Russia has a dead man's switch on its nuclear arsenal? maybe, maybe not. But China? pretty sure if China was on the ropes nuclear missiles will be flying. So yea at some point quality of life does come into the picture. If we are going to have to resort to Cormac McCarthy's menu from the Road. there aren't going to be a lot people that can or will hack it. Everybody has thresholds.

The Extraterrestrials Will Not Let Us Blow Up the Earth , it Belongs to them .