Iran: We will ‘build nuclear warheads’ and turn NY into ‘hellish ruins'

In the sixties they told my mom every day in elementary school that a nuclear attack from Russia was very likely and they would have to hide under desks, in Colorado.

Did this happen? No.

Are large, terrifying "possibles" that generally do not pan out, waved at everyone incessantly to this day?

Do the majority of people waste large portions of their lives fraught with fear over generally fictional scenarios that never end up being even an atom of the menace that they were bullied into believing they'd inevitably be, in a "become miserable and devote yourself to societal martyrdom over xyz issue, or you're insensitive and a bad person? Yes.

PS: Apologies for the usa-centricness of this post- hopefully it's understood as not intentionally insensitive

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