Thereβs a good chance for another major pandemic, and weβre passing the global warming point of no return.
For better or worse, the US was the biggest player on the planet; now that weβve fumbled, I think the world is done for. Maybe China could have risen to take the USβs place, but theyβre stumbling toward an economic catastrophe, India has their own problems, and Russia is exposed as a bit player. The EU could have been a shining beacon, but theyβre struggling with their own rise in fascism. Who else is there? A South American country? Theyβre barely holding on to their own economies. Canada? Too small - I mean, big country, but not very big population (1/10th of the US). And the US is big enough that when we go down, weβre going to drag a lot of the planet with us. Shit, thanks to Russia and Israel, weβve been edging into WWIII. Trumpβs senile enough to press the button, I have no doubt, and heβll be completely surrounded by moronic Yes-men this time, with no one to try to talk sense into him. Maybe a relatively quick, fiery end would be better than a painful spiral.
Weβre done as a planet. Some creatures will survive, but humans have used up all the readily available low-tech surface resources - oils, coals, metals - so anything that evolves intelligence after us wonβt make it past the stone age. And then, the sun will die.
At least we have more solid evidence to the answer to Fermiβs paradox. Itβd be a bigger question if we werenβt rushing toward our own extinction.
Iβd thought the Great Filter would be a more formidable event than a reality TV host
Count us out. Canada has our own Trump wannabe lined up. Heβs been like 20-30 points ahead and weβre no where close to election time.
Ontario the biggest province stayed home and didnβt bother to vote out the conservative premiere who has been fucking shit up. They all stayed home and handed him another majority. In a year or so we will elect our analog of Trump. Make no mistake heβs stocked the party full of MAGA and Proud Boys. Iβm not being dramatic. Itβs literally what it is. Within 4 years Canada will be openly aligned with Trump.
