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War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?

60 points · 175 comments · meep_meep_meep

  1. piloto_ciego · · focus · HN ↗
    War is already here, just at least in America we haven’t realized it yet.
    1. lynndotpy · · focus · HN ↗
      This is a BBC article about the UK being at war. Not the USA.

      That said, it argues that the various pre-war preparations fail to include "psychological preparedness". I think this is largely true for America as well, since war is something that the USA almost exclusively engages in offensively in distant countries, with only one small exception for one day on 9/11.

      1. piloto_ciego · · focus · HN ↗
        I know, I read the article I’m just saying, we Americans have no idea how big of a conflict we’re in right now, and we are not psychologically prepared for what it will mean to be bombed by hypersonic missiles or shaheds or what have you either.

        I work with some Ukrainian refugees, we are not prepared.

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