Psycho Doggie
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As much as history shows that things go down the crapper from time to time, it equally shows that things get good again pretty rapidly afterwards.The problem we have is that this is something that affects everyone and we can't easily fight it together because it's not a tangible enemy.
If we were invaded by aliens then humans would rise up together to fight. Change that invasive species to a virus that threatens everyone and it becomes more of a case of every man for himself. If someone is in trouble then we team up to help that person. If everyone is in trouble then humans look to protect their own first and foremost.
It's human nature. It can be overcome though but it requires good leadership and intelligent planning. Unfortunately I don't believe we have either.
There is enough food in Australia to feed everyone in Australia 4 times over, but people in Australia starve because no one in a position of power cares enough to fix the problems. They're too busy fighting among themselves for favoritism of the masses.
What really counts is what we do as people and as communities. Just heard today of a guy in Sydney who distills gin who has turned to making hand sanitizer to give to charities who need it like meals on wheels.
The difficulty for some people is that by having their attention too fixed upon an imaginary "end of days" scenario, they don't notice all the good stuff that is happening.