More Cowbell

"For all of my career, I've been trying to catch people after they do something horrible. For once in my life, I'd like to catch somebody BEFORE they do something horrible, all right? Can you understand that?"
--Doug Carlin (Deja Vu)

This FDR friendly propaganda film from 76 years ago could easily be re-run today. This stuff targets the threat-rigidity tendencies of the masses. Which is why drivel like this is often taken seriously rather than being laughed out of the room.

Simply put, when livelihoods are threatened, people tend to not think clearly, and can be led to think and do the wrong things.

The way around this is to avoid groupthink. Practice sound individual thought process (a.k.a. critical thinking) and personal responsibility.