300 million lbs of fireworks and 2.7 billion dollars gone in a cloud of smoke.

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      4 months ago

      We already know sterile environments make people allergic.

      I am actually concerned about what kind of behavioral “allergies” will arise from a society with no danger. It is not a natural state and it is not something we should be experimenting with lightly.

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        4 months ago

        We already know what happens.

        Anti-vax

        Pro-war

        Pro-authoritarianism

        Anti-education

        Etc.

        Once you’ve divorced yourself completely from the dangers of watching family and people around you die from preventable diseases all the time, the horrors of actually having to live through your city destroyed and people you know be devastated by war, the crushing oppression and greed of authoritarian regimes, that’s what you get when you remove real danger from society.

        But I think you probably meant something more mundane like kids will start making graffiti or something.