[Twinkie]

I know there has to be a few fellow old geezers on FR who
can recall that back in the last century, there was a big
push on predicting that before the end of that century,
ICE would overtake the world in a huge GLOBAL COOLING era
that would begin the GREAT ICE AGE that would for sure
KILL US ALL!! Oh noes!!!!

[JimRed]

I know there has to be a few fellow old geezers on FR who can recall that back in the last century, there was a big push on predicting that before the end of that century, ICE would overtake the world in a huge GLOBAL COOLING era that would begin the GREAT ICE AGE that would for sure KILL US ALL!! Oh noes!!!!

Yes, back in the 70s. Scare people, seek grants to "study" the "problem". Lather, rinse, repeat. Then switch off to warming. Then switch off to climate "change".

[UCANSEE2]

Well... I recall that for the entire stretch of human history, there were those who predicted ‘death and destruction’ of an all encompassing nature. It was always used as a way to control the masses. Fear of the Future is one of the most powerful psychological tools. So powerful that now it is used every day, on everyone who watches TV.

Examples:

Mayan Priests predicting an eclipse.
Egyptian Priests predicting the flooding of the Nile.
British Leaders predicting the collapse of Britain over BREXIT.
American media predicting the collapse of the US under Trump.