@ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 days agoIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down111
arrow-up1149arrow-down1message-squareIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failed@ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-square@KoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish11•4 days agoThis is the underlying plot of plenty of movies. The prevailing solution is to find something other than each other to be our unifying enemy. Conclusion: Hopefully we get attacked by aliens or something.
minus-squareExecutive ChimplinkfedilinkEnglish10•4 days agoWe had a global pandemic and that didn’t work. Maybe an alien invasion would work but I think it might just be a plot device.
minus-squareKilgore Troutlinkfedilink2•4 days agoThe global pandemic of COVID-19 was not a visible menace, and only endangered the poor, the old and the weak.
This is the underlying plot of plenty of movies. The prevailing solution is to find something other than each other to be our unifying enemy.
Conclusion: Hopefully we get attacked by aliens or something.
We had a global pandemic and that didn’t work. Maybe an alien invasion would work but I think it might just be a plot device.
The global pandemic of COVID-19 was not a visible menace, and only endangered the poor, the old and the weak.