I’m ok but loosing sleep over what is happening, we are aware and prepared, what more can be done?
What I am saying is that there seems like a total lack of concern by people around me that the events coming are going to be life changing!
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns an economic 'hurricane' is coming (nypost.com)
It is called a normalcy bias and it is caused by cognitive dissonance.
The Normalcy Bias or Cognitive Dissonance- | Antonia Lau.org
It is called a normalcy bias and it is caused by cognitive dissonance.
BINGO! Amazingly, more than a few normally intelligent folks have it…in spades!
because people are on social media and nobody on social media post their struggles or the bad days they have. All they care about is projecting themselves to be something desirable. Don't worry, they are all fake, and most of the people that do have nice things are in debt up to their eyeballs.
Get off social media, your evaluation of your personal wealth will skyrocket!
Actually they were. Government banking, monetary and labor policies created the Great Depression. The only reason the Great Depression ended was that FDR needed the industrialists to help with the war effort and "POOF!" - the Great Depression suddenly vanished. Without the government's "help" the crash of '29 would have just been a crash and recovery.Hell,we're at a higher risk of societal breakdown now than during the great depression. Back then the Gov wasnt actively trying to make it worse like they are today.
Actually they were. Government banking, monetary and labor policies created the Great Depression. The only reason the Great Depression ended was that FDR needed the industrialists to help with the war effort and "POOF!" - the Great Depression suddenly vanished. Without the government's "help" the crash of '29 would have just been a crash and recovery.
Normalcy Bias continued...
Normalcy bias, or normality bias, is a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings.[1] Consequently, individuals underestimate the likelihood of a disaster, when it might affect them, and its potential adverse effects.[2] The normalcy bias causes many people to not adequately prepare for natural disasters, market crashes, and calamities caused by human error. About 70% of people reportedly display normalcy bias during a disaster.[3]
The normalcy bias can manifest in response to warnings about disasters and actual catastrophes. Such disasters include market crashes, motor vehicle accidents, natural disasters like a tsunami, and war. Normalcy bias has also been called analysis paralysis, the ostrich effect,[4] and by first responders, the negative panic.[5]
The opposite of normalcy bias is overreaction, or worst-case scenario bias,[6][7] in which small deviations from normality are dealt with as signals of an impending catastrophe.
Both underreaction (normalcy bias) and overreaction (worst-case thinking) are cognitive flaws and may extend to patterns of cognitive distortions.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, a huge percentage of my group moved into the facility, and I think there was a lot of group-think going on across the board. At the time, I thought it was probably prudent but now, like most, I feel a bit foolish, and like I overreacted. I rationalize that it was good practice,
How do you help a group moderate its tendency to overreact or is it just what's needed for these times?
The same wiki article continues - interesting - do I see myself again?
People who promote conspiracy theories or apocalyptic future scenarios have cited the normalcy bias as a prime reason why others scoff at their pronouncements. For example, survivalists who fear that the U.S. will soon descend into totalitarianism cite normalcy bias as the reason why most Americans do not share their worries.[citation needed] Similarly, fundamentalist Christians use the normalcy bias to explain why others scoff at their beliefs about the "End Time". One fundamentalist website writes: "May we not get blinded by the 'normalcy bias' but rather live with the knowledge that the Lord’s coming is near."[16][12]
I think the same thing, Markcl. I was having a discussion with the owner of the company for which I work, and he was laughing at me. He thinks "it has always been like this", "nothing bad is going to happen", and "the dems and republicans fight; it's what they do"!! These people are frogs in slow boiling water. My own mother thinks I am a fringe conspiracy theorist for telling her what is happening, even though I can show her the actual news articles. It's like they are completely incapable of putting it all together, or even realizing how much worse things are getting every day. It's like they are passengers in a car with a stuck acceperator, and they don't even care, because the car is still going; completely oblivious to the fact that eventually they will have to crash. They just go on about their day, pretending all is well. They know NOTHING about the war in Ukraine, except, "I support Ukraine", "Russia bad".
They are completely incapable of realizing how the rhetoric and hate is ratcheting up; and how that ends. They just go along with black lives matter, without even looking at what they group actually supports. We cannot even say all lives matter without being labeled a racist. We are in coo coo times.
Just keep prepping, because when the water boils over, those same people will be wailing and gnashing their teeth. I will have ZERO sympathy. Further, I look forward to their demise. I prefer a future where the rational, mentally strong rule.
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