It is meant in the best of terms.
The USA, probably from its colonial history has prepared for survival. Europe, and rightfully so, is facing a crisis with its people of “the spirit of survival.” The upside of this is that it spawns a rather unique economy including the arts.
The survival ideology ranges from the Zombie invasion to a sophisticated and costly culture called “Preppers.”
Some of this culture stems from the Bible in Revelations. Follow? There are survivors to Revelations. So, any god fearing person wants to be one of those survivors that live forever in paradise. The trick is getting to paradise.
There is also the issue of the human imagination and how it manifests the vehicle of the apocalypse, hence, “the zombie.”
Now as to zombies, even Disney has a zombie movie (click here). This particular imagineering episode is a 24 hour survival of the zombie apocalypse (click here). And yes, those are real live adults playing as if children but they sincerely are rehearsing for the real thing.
So, people love to feel new and varied emotions. It is the responsibility of society to have the fun captured of those emotions without becoming the emotion exclusively. Some of the scariest films I have ever seen came out of Sweden. The scariest for me was when a child vampire survives among other children with one adult knowing the truth about the vampire child. So, Europe is masterful in these emotional rollercoasters. The idea of survival should not be as much as a challenge as one might think coming out of Europe’s film industry.
The sophisticated side of this are the Preppers. They take every measure possible, over time, to create a bullet proof life protecting from horrible moments in society. That is not just a way for average people to share an enthusiasm, it actually matters when one realizes the horror currently occurring in the USA both with the climate crisis and the real life attack of the oligarch-racists currently within influence of power over the entire population of the USA.
So, being prepared for the unforeseen future is very prudent. Europe has had its share of climate crisis disasters and the people there can draw on that unexpected reality to understand survival.
On a global scale we recognize survival. Anyone involved with understanding the climate crisis will recognize this structure.
So the idea of survival even in developed first world countries is not a deranged thought.
Europe, for all its magnificence, is facing an abrupt reality for the first time in decades if not a century. I, for one, want them to be as charming as always, but, unafraid and aware of the potential doom of hugely brutal countries now thinking “the continent” is vulnerable to invasion and control.
It is my opinion while there are ongoing attacks into Ukraine, Russia and its minion states are distracted by the Middle East. They are out to reestablish Assad’s rule over Syria and end Israel’s run at burgeoning genocide of the Palestinians and all forms of terrorist networks.
Poland and Germany, I believe, have always been ready and that should be a solace to the EU. There is still much to be done and European leaders need to prepare for the zombie apocalypse.
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