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When the physicists need burner phones, that's when you know America's changed

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267 points giuliomagnifico | 2 comments | 29 Mar 25 18:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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j_bum ◴[29 Mar 25 19:39 UTC] No.43518027[source]▶
> The looming crisis in the US is beginning to remind people in Europe of the 1930s, when the UK and the US began to realise that Jewish scientists needed to be rescued from the Nazis.

I feel like I’m living on a different planet. I am not saying things are OK in the US at the moment, but … are you kidding me? This is one of the most asinine statements I’ve ever read.

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1. BJones12 ◴[29 Mar 25 20:35 UTC] No.43518501[source]▶
Catastrophizing may be a cognitive distortion, but it's also a behavior encouraged by certain political affiliations.
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2. bilbo0s ◴[29 Mar 25 22:50 UTC] No.43519447[source]▶
Nah.

Just evolutionary biology and psychology.

You see an ‘other’.. Assume the worst.

That’s worked for hundreds of thousands of years. Millions actually.

Everyone does it. Because no one can help doing it. No one who is human anyway.