Like everyone else chiming in here, Charlie, I think you have a Damned Good Point here. Several, in fact.

(Self-reminder: we definitely can't afford zero-sum thinking. Especially with multiple crises staring us all in the collective face.)

I've downloaded and tried to start reading that Altemeyer paper, per recommendations from Rob Sawyer and Dr. Brin. That's a thing I have to get back to finish reading.

And also agreed re: viral pandemics, earthquakes, wildfire, climate derangement fallout.

More as I think it over. Or, if someone else gets to a particular related thought before I do, maybe sooner.