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authorJoe Carstairs <me@joeac.net>2026-08-04 13:57:18 +0100
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@@ -152,9 +152,8 @@ practical outcomes makes it a pretty bad bet:
> (simulated) sense of agency in the face of an uncontrollable threat.
> [@kvandal-2025, p. 701]
-Action directed at making you feel better might lead to change in your own life,
-but it is not necessarily going to solve the problem that made you feel anxious
-in the first place. Juli Gittinger has shown that fatalistic climate narratives
+Alleviating anxiety is not bad, but it doesn't aim to solve the root cause of
+the problem. Juli Gittinger has shown that fatalistic climate narratives
have driven some people in the US to join the 'prepper' movement, accumulating
stockpiles of essential goods, building emergency shelters, learning 'survival
skills,' and collecting weapons to defend your family's patch from desperate