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The societal ills from collective tendancy to ignore red flags seems to be a human trait

It's in your nature to destroy yourselves

Defeatist bullshit becomes self-fulfilling at some point. "Oh we're all gonna die anyway so we might as well milk this thing for profit. Après moi la déluge."

... the fact that you are missing a reference doesn't require that level of disdain

*"le" déluge

For the downvoters and anyone born after 1991: see https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InYourNatureToDe...

and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_4EWSuzQY

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