The scariest thing about Don’t Look Up is that as absurd as it is, it barely exaggerates. Much of our political elite are just as greedy and foolish, our media just as vapid, and our response to impending disaster exactly as mind-bogglingly irrational as in the movie.
in credit to the movie, they did have the Jude Law character spreading misinformation to make money from his conspiracy freaks. but absolutely agree: the movie feels optimistic compared to reality, despite it being essentially a procedural horror movie. like in the movie, the conspiracy crank was investigated, arrested, and charged with fraud.
can you imagine if we went actually after wealthy assholes for that?
but the dude was spreading misinfo and wearing a hazmat suit, that's what is so funny.