I keep coming back to that realization. After the Cold War ended, there was this slew of "catastrophe" movies that came out. They often came out two at a time. Deep Impact and Armageddon came out together. Volcano and Dante's Peak came out at the same time. Capitalism was in full production creating new things for people to get scared/mad/and cheer at the destruction of since the Dreaded Communists were gone. They all had scientists as protagonists. People were going to listen to the scientists. The military was going to competently respond. People would unite. All of that so laughable now.

Conditioned for decades to fear what is tangible and then we get this invisible little virus that requires daily diligence and the entire fucking thing is flying off the rails. Meanwhile, the film that details an accurate American response to a runaway catastrophe that cannot be avoided is Doctor Fucking Strangelove.

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when....