Repeat COVID-19 infections erode cognitive function, damage risk assessment, and blunt empathy responses, creating perfect targets for apocalyptic messaging.
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A clear-eyed look at why collapse can feel seductive, and what that says about power and belief.
The episode treats apocalyptic thinking as more than a passing internet pose. Leslie Poston connects it to myth, religion, prepping, billionaire bunkers, crypto-libertarian manifestos, and government policy, then pulls it back to psychology and sociology.
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If collapse talk keeps showing up in your feed, this explains why it feels so persuasive.
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