«The world’s gonna end in fascists and ashes, and the only people still smiling are the ones trying to sell you something.» It begins with this and only gets stronger from there. A wake-up call that despair is not an option. «Dealing with the state of world by despairing is kind of like dealing with a breakup by drinking—you’re allowed to do it for like, a day.» An essay on the false comfort of fatalism and the toxic view that seeing problems as solvable means denying that they are serious. «Why do we have to make it seem like being on the right side of history is such a bummer?»

From Weekly Filet #557, in January 2026.