[dhs12345]

When will the fear porn end? Apparently never.

I was telling my son, societies where a large percentage of the population forever hide in their basements and wait to be rescued don’t do well. They don’t survive because reality rules and eventually you have to come out of your cave and live. The truth is that you have to take risks sometimes it means that you might die. Yes, you might die.

For example, you might have to fight in a war where someone is actually trying to kill you. Or you have to work extremely hard to produce your own food.... otherwise you starve.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I was telling my son, societies where a large percentage of the population forever hide in their basements and wait to be rescued don’t do well. They don’t survive because reality rules and eventually you have to come out of your cave and live.

Consider the Battle of Cannae, where the Roman Republic lost around 30,000-60,000 of its young soldiers in a single battle. The Senate approved a ridiculously small amount of time for public mourning, after which another army was rounded up and the war against Carthage pursued to its successful conclusion.