Speedrunning into the Everyone vs. US WWIII scenario like, "oh boy, this is just like a paradox game"

These are stressful times indeed. I've been quite worried in particular about the cluster munitions and depleted uranium rounds handed over to Ukraine by the West, which will effectively result in a permanent danger long after the war has ended. Just look at Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam as examples of nations peppered with unexploded ordnance, to which the legacy is something the US is still very grateful for. It's a way to continue war without being visibly involved anymore, which is quite clever.

As far as RU/CN/DPRK action in response to the tightening military circles of the West's NATO/Quad, I'm hoping this never comes in the form of hot war. The empire is dying with the rejuvenation and liberation of the Global South, but it's a slow choke. Dragging this on as long as possible until that fucker (US empire) is choked out is the safest bet. In other words, endure while continuing to accelerate de-dollarization and the development of national sovereignty in a multi-polar world. We have to do this while at the same time minimizing the fallout from climate change, which is a monumental task.

We're stuck in a real shitty time, and it's especially awful if you're young.

Missile command was historically one of the games that showcased the terror of the first Cold War's threat of nuclear annihilation.

Now, we've got something like this: Simulation of US and Russia Nuclear War - Nuclear War simulation

It's so bone chilling because not only are tensions increasing, but the technology to carry warheads continues to cut ICBM travel times down, making decisions on whether or not to respond to potentially false alarms all the more perilous. We narrowly escaped nuclear annihilation thanks to a Soviet man that chose not to respond to what was detected as incoming nuclear warheads, but turned out to be sunshine coming up over a hill.