Amen. As a millennial I've lost count of the times I've heard that WW3 is starting. Every time shit pops off in the Middle East (almost always thanks to the good ol' US of A) the media starts handwringing and people start panicking.

But even if we do end up in a world war, the world won't stop turning. People with bombs raining down on them still need to go to work and cook dinner and pay their bills.

War has always been a reality for someone somewhere in the world. But if/when it's our turn, we're so self-centered we think that it's the actual apocalypse.

All we can do is keep working to make life better for each other. Even though shit is pretty bleak for everyone with late stage capitalism and climate change, it's not nearly the worst thing any group of people have ever experienced.

So you can give up, or you can embrace radical nihilism and choose to cling to any scrap of joy you can find while working to make things better, even if it's just the tiniest bit.

In the grand scheme of human history, western civilization as we know it is a tiny blip. It's incredible that we're here to witness this moment. If nothing else, let sheer curiosity and spite drive you to keep going.

You're expecting old farts in charge to be always rational about everything. They need to let their rotting brains to slip up once, and we're all fucked.