Normalcy bias is very powerful and can definitively blind us to reality. There must have been many Jews in Germany who ignored the signs that their lives were going to dramatically change, and that they would lose almost everything - including their loved ones and their own lives.
We could lose everything. That’s a reality every day. That said, if we stay aware and committed, we will prevail.
My d-i-l is like that.
My son gets it and sees it coming. She just doesn’t pay attention to politics and is blind to it and does not see the need to prepare for the worst.
Prepper ping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalcy_bias
The negative effects of normalcy bias can be combated through the four stages of disaster response:
- preparation, including publicly acknowledging the possibility of disaster and forming contingency plans.
- warning, including issuing clear, unambiguous, and frequent warnings and helping the public to understand and believe them.
- impact, the stage at which the contingency plans take effect and emergency services, rescue teams, and disaster relief teams work in tandem.
- aftermath, reestablishing equilibrium after the fact, by providing both supplies and aid to those in need.