Yes, there is a nontrivial possibility that the world will soon be in a nuclear war. From Ray Jason at theseagypsyphilosopher.blogspot.com:
Will I ever see my friend again?
The Shadow Sailor just raised his anchor and headed for the Canal. We had spent an intense three hours discussing his concerns and his strategy.
His mission was to escape the dark, planet-shattering storm that he could sense just beyond the horizon. This tempest, which so terrified him, was not a natural phenomenon. Instead, it was a combination of two of Humanity’s worst traits – delusional Pride and destructive Power. He perceived them as the fuse and the explosive charge that would lead us to Nuclear Annihilation.
As a final face-to-face gesture of generosity, he had come to encourage me to gather together my Sea Gypsy Tribe and head for the Southern Hemisphere as he was doing. He was visibly disheartened when I responded that we had recently debated such a strategy and had decided that we had as great a survival chance right here.
Certainly there were real advantages to the Wide Waters of the Pacific. But we knew our archipelago intimately. And we believed that, in the Aftermath, we could fend off any feral, predatory survivors. Then we could live off our stored long-life food and the local fish and shellfish that we would test with our Geiger counters.
As a farewell request, he asked me if I would share his concerns through a new essay at my Blog. And so, my Unknown Reader, I am now honoring his heartfelt plea.
Reminds me of the dankest meme ever of a psychedelic tie dye sky with a huge anus on the horizon and the there’s a shit storm coming caption.
These things happen when the stupid and insane are handed the levers of power in the spirit of egalitarian equity.
Breaking from Hank III:
A Fiendish Threat