Oddbean new post about login | logout I am not an open borders proponent, by any stretch of the imagination.
i'm so flighty that i'll flee at the first whisper of credible martial law or impending arrival of an invading force i'm used to running, because i've had to several times in my life
Try running with a bunch of children and disabled people and elderly.
that's the thing you see the weak need to follow the strong, or society ends up in a place where only the strong can escape from the meatgrinder strong people don't bow down to kings
also, if you were lucky enough to have someone show up and give you a credible warning that the village you lived in was going to fall into the ground because of a giant cavity and impending seismic effect, are you leaving? if your whole household was provided this information, and nobody had any reason to doubt it, will you stay for the sake of your neighbours comfort and inevitably die or are you gonna go and not turn back like Lot?
the enemy (yes, THAT enemy) has ground everyone down so hard now that they are resigned to his victory over them the enemy cannot spread his violence everywhere, it is exemplary, so, yes, in most cases you are gonna be fine but the longer he has the more examples that will be made and the lower your chances of avoiding it many people could see what was coming from Hitler, but they decided against the clear danger to stay, and next thing you know they are being herded into trains
Happens daily where I live 💜🫂
there are some pretty wiley elderly people out there i'm not sure if they aren't made of rubber.
this will be me in 50 years time and i'll be damned if i'm gonna die younger than my great opa (98)
yes, they have eyes in the back of their head, wit, mind reading capabilities, and skin like leather, no glasses. it's possible. my great Aunt only stopped playing tennis at 95 because they make them sign up online. not that she can't use the computer, she totally emails and such, but more because it feels silly tapping a check box on the schedule when you're used to just showing up on the court.