ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedmessage-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThis is the underlying plot of plenty of movies. The prevailing solution is to find something other than each other to be our unifying enemy. Conclusion: Hopefully we get attacked by aliens or something.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoThe global pandemic of COVID-19 was not a visible menace, and only endangered the poor, the old and the weak.
minus-squareExecutive Chimp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWe had a global pandemic and that didn’t work. Maybe an alien invasion would work but I think it might just be a plot device.
This is the underlying plot of plenty of movies. The prevailing solution is to find something other than each other to be our unifying enemy.
Conclusion: Hopefully we get attacked by aliens or something.
The global pandemic of COVID-19 was not a visible menace, and only endangered the poor, the old and the weak.
We had a global pandemic and that didn’t work. Maybe an alien invasion would work but I think it might just be a plot device.