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Originally Posted by New Era
Yup, I remember back in the day my generation only had to worry about apocalyptic thermonuclear war, and the craziness that was truly in our control. Now these kids are facing a reality where the damage is likely done and they will be facing a very different planet than the one we inherited, and it's totally beyond their control. Can't see why they would be down at all.
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But who really thought the likelihood of nuclear war was in our control? It certainly wasn't in the control of kids scared out of their wits watching The Day After. Or people watching increasing geopolitical tension on their TV knowing that with no warning the 200 largest cities in the world could be vaporized and 80 per cent of the rest of the population of the planet would die in the following months from radiation poisoning and nuclear winter. That's a more nightmarish prospect than draughts and extreme weather gradually increasing decade by decade.
And yet with no reason to believe the Cold War would end, we got on with our lives. As will the young people freaking out about global warming today.