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by Eddy_Viscosity2 568 days ago
> why aren't we so scared anymore?

Why bother being afraid if you can't do anything about? I have enough more immediate stressors to consume all my worry bandwidth that there's not enough left over for such things. Also, the inherent self preservation of people is always a factor. I mean, I have very deep concerns about the damage the second Trump administration will reek on US (and the rest of the world for that matter), but I am not afraid he'll press the red button. He'd have as much to lose as the rest of us. Same goes for Putin and Xi.