When I was a kid, we all knew how the world was going to end. The Sovs would attack the Fulda Gap probably, we of course would dispatch hundreds of BMPs, BTRs and T74s with our way better M1s, Sov tactical doctrine was more apt to set off nukes and send troops through the resulting opening, and that’d start off a larger exchange. We lived off base but close enough I would be dust early on. Btw, you notice how the Soviets, not us, were always phrased as the side which would start it.

This despite how our President was this ancient asshole already proven just FINE with having thousands of deaths on his hands. Anyway.

Now I’m old and like most of what I was told as a kid, that was total bullshit. Instead extinction looms due to stuff well underway in the 80s. We have our choice of apocalypses, none of which THE SAME FUCKING PEOPLE who were in charge in the 80s acknowledge cause it’s money for the cronies. I have no clue how survival isn’t viewed as valuable, but.

I again reiterate that we are capitalists the same way the Sovs were communist (what sort of commies ban trade unions?); we talk a lot, but in practice we don’t care about market growth, consumer confidence, long term growth, agriculture/fisheries/tourism and more.

Back on topic, I find that I’m cranky not just that I am facing my species’ and society’s end in my lifetime, but that I was consistently lied to, and again, that it’s basically the same damn people.

@Leucrotta Once it’s a 5y target, *then* we’ll see action - way too late to avoid very bad times for not-us, but maybe enough to sort of cope, at huge cost in every sense.

Hell, there’s still only grudging acceptance of the whole scenario with the Dems, and precious little action.

@porsupah see also "all the Dems would need to do is have 2-4 more progressive agenda items, and the populace would view them as saviors, but naw, they won't."