https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/04/11/90-seconds-to-midnight-the-doomsday-clock-and-me/ > "I recently met a group of college students from all over the country. To > my shock, none of them seemed to have heard of nuclear weapons before I > mentioned them. I couldnâÂÂt > relate.à" > > how can someone get into college without knowing this? media they consume > so atomized that you can live in ignorance of this? this is a > goodàarticle It is interesting to think about never being able to retire and never owning a house and never having kids and never enjoying your entire life, whether you really can care about the end of the world, whether that comes via a nuclear holocaust or through a burning climate catastrophe. Maybe these young people have a choice. If the system is stacked against you ever really living life, then why care about anything?