• ZeroTHM@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    This is more believable, I think.

    Humans require an external threat to unify against. An alien invasion could provide that. Without some great enemy to oppose, I do not think we would come together willingly.

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      10 months ago

      So, who’s up for false flagging an alien invasion to get earth away from a dystopian path

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      10 months ago

      Humans can’t even unify against trump. I’m telling you you’ll be seeing factions worship them aliens while some will be hiding inside their bunkers isolated from everything

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        10 months ago

        This reminds me of the factions that form in the strategy game Terra Invicta. Some want to kill the aliens, some want to worship them, some want to study them… and my favourite faction, The Initiative, want to use first contact as an opportunity for profit, and they achieve this by sabotaging the other factions and spreading misinformation among the general population.

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      10 months ago

      yeah i think in 2020 everyone got fed up because it wasn’t like a tangible, visible threat. it’s just invisible, everywhere, all the time. you have to desensitize to some degree to live a semblance of a life.

      if there were alien snipers posted up everywhere it’s a much different matter