If Not Climate Change, Then Greed and Stupidity

The end of the Anthropocene.

Photo by Cottonbro Studio

Ah, humanity. What a fucking joke.

Here we are, teetering on the precipice of ecological collapse, and what are we doing? Squabbling over pronoun usage, electing spray-tanned fascists or their slightly less fascist centrist moralists, and scrolling endlessly through TikTok — personally, I prefer Instagram Reels — while Rome quite literally burns. If aliens are watching us, they must be laughing their asses off. Or crying. Probably both.

Let’s face it: we’re fucked. Royally, utterly, irredeemably fucked. And the kicker? We did it to ourselves. With a smile on our faces and a song in our hearts, we merrily danced our way towards oblivion, all in pursuit of that most hollowed of gods: economic growth.

The numbers don't lie (but we sure do)

Let’s talk facts for a moment, shall we? According to the latest (ideolog…