Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers

Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by llamaimperative on Friday December 27, 2024 @07:04PM (#42527276)

Yeah totally... we want the government to be at the ready with some answer for literally any event that confuses any moron with a Twitter account lest it blow up into many morons with Twitter accounts getting confused.

The government doesn't know, it has no real responsibility or right to know, and it says it doesn't know. People extrapolating that into ridiculous theories cannot really be pinned on the government.

Next up: "I saw a shadow in the woods near my house and the government said they have no clue what it is!!!!"

You, an allegedly levelheaded person: "Well nature abhors a vacuum! It's a failure to lead not to have answers to such questions!"

No, that's actually not a levelheaded take.

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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by _DeadFred_ on Friday December 27, 2024 @09:17PM (#42527983)

You might not like the take, but all I am doing is pointing out human nature and a basic role government provides.

If you don't enforce laws/proper behavior/provide safety, you get vigilanties. If you don't provide answers, people go looking, and gullible people settle for the first thing they find.

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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by llamaimperative on Saturday December 28, 2024 @07:17AM (#42530508)

No one is confused about why these people are panicking. They’re panicking because they’ve offloaded their thinking and information processing to algorithmic bullshit-amplification machines.

That’s why I’m being aggressive against this same “errr well yah know the government should have answers!” bullshit you’re purveying right here.

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