"In the face of a crisis or calamity people 'reconsolidate and rebuild' rather than descend into chaos.
An
example of this is the Blitz and the Dresden Bombings of World War 11.
In both cases the communities didn't crumble, instead they came together
and helped each other survive.
However, as we've learned to
better control man made and natural disasters our need to unite has
diminished, and as [Centre alumnus] Vincent Harinam and Rob Henderson argue, 'one
consequence of this is outrage culture'.
They continue, 'In
the absence of legitimate calamities, we create artificial ones.
Outrage culture is simply the calamitisation of the mundane. It is a
process by which group solidarity can be lazily achieved by combatting
non-existent crises. Whether it’s an actor fabricating a hate crime,
journalists inflating the menace of a boy in a hat, or academics
creating black lists, our outrage satisfies a deep desire to unite in
overcoming a common threat'."
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