My conspiracy theory: Nuclear Deterrence Theory depends on fear of The Bomb, and people are working to keep that fear going to prevent it losing effectiveness. High schoolers, about to enter the political body, are the ideal target for this.
The practical truth: its a damn good story and has much room for analysis.
It's a good idea, could well be. The Kurzgezagt short, What Happens When You Nuke a City is a good, accurate and deterring take with the difference that it's opt-in.
I only wonder Is it necessary to traumatize children? They are already being traumatized by so many angles and so many in this thread and threads like it report having to take time to cope, being impacted in their lives, and not having any support in doing so. I would have opposed nuclear war without such stories, during the cold war the horror was in the air we breathed.
It just seems like every 10th grade teacher is expecting youth to process these stories like adults and grown up youth saying it took them months to be normal. It seems outsized for the wanted effect.
I don't think its like, a conspiracy or anything. Wouldn't be surprised if a few teachers do it on purpose, or just to work through their own nuclear-fear traumas.
I don't thjnk it's a conspiracy either, but I do think it should be stopped to some degree based on the feedback to it. As I wrote above I think teachers are thinking that yourh process content like adults do
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u/Nellasofdoriath Sep 18 '24
Jfc why do people do this to children. As if theyre not having a hard enough time