Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.

I think some people never grow out of being afraid of the boogeyman.

I think they start with as a kid being afraid of the monster under the bed, and then it

turns, and that irrational fear turns into an irrational fear of a future disaster that

the evidence doesn't actually support, that it's just speculation that evidence continually

mounts against and against and against, but the person still clings to that fear.

If there are person in power, like a government official, then they can do all kinds of terrible

things to people in the name of combating this alleged threat, which is far worse than

if you just are simply as a kid.

I can get that you're afraid of the dark.

You're a kid.

Adults should know better.

Today's episode will talk about a point in 20th century history where people did not

and bad things that came from that.

And the lessons, the lessons to be learned that as I talk about this, you might see some

disturbing parallels with certain alleged disasters or problems that people freak out about

now when they overreact and the cure ends up, the alleged cure that is peddled is worse than

the problem itself.

So what inspired me to do today's episode was on New Year's.

I think it was on January 1.

I saw on Twitter, social media was trending.

They were talking about the movie, Soilent Green.

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