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Gary’S's avatar

For those who hope that what you describe won’t happen:

“The great enemy of grief is hope. Hope is the four-letter word for people who are unwilling to know things for what they are. Our time requires us to be hope-free. To burn through the false choice of being hopeful and hopeless. They are two sides of the same con job. Grief is required to proceed.” ― Stephen Jenkinson

"George Orwell once talked about his ability to face unpleasant facts, and that’s always inspired me. I want to look at the things that are happening in the world that we may not want to think about and try to really understand them." — Roy Scranton

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First, thank you for the sheer volume of your work. I'm sorry it earns you so little. Cassandra type individuals never get get sufficient compensation for the valuable work they do.

Second, all your work should be considered 'fear-mongering' because it's the appropriate primal response to existential threats. This is not a bad thing so own it.

Third, acknowledge that fact, and perhaps provide effective approaches and/or resources to respond to the threats beyond the standard prepping strategies. Remind people that we always have agency even in the most dire circumstances and human beings are incredibly resilient. On the other side of collapse and tyranny there could be something better that we are being prepared for.

Fourth, it's important to look at the big picture - cosmic cycles, the vast infinite universe, the balance between life and death, good and evil that makes up all reality. There is so much more to life than our senses can perceive.

Finally,I recommend the book Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319014.The_Holographic_Universe It has helped me stay in a state of grace and maintain a outlook on life that prevents fear paralysis which is feeding the breakdown of society. It's one of many books in that genre which expand our sense of belonging to a greater purpose.

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