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But why? Nothing is crazier than what we've dealt with. Technology has proven able to beat basically all the old horsemen of the apocalypse except war, and Russia being stuck just to the edges of Ukraine seems to show that world War 3 isn't around the corner.
Something bad is always happening, but less of it is happening now than ever thanks to good people doing good work.
The global political landscape is changing very quickly bad actors are getting away with more and more, so it's only a matter of time until a very serious conflict starts and when that happens every man with a lust for power will take their chance too.