Escapism is the absolutely predictable oligarchic posture during catastrophic times. The rest of us have to endure the oligarchs’ moronic fantasies—Ukraine is Russia, immortality is possible, space travel will save us, life might be a simulation—as time runs out on our hopes for dignity and survival as a species. A poignant element of our tragedy is its profound stupidity. There are things so idiotic that you need $10 billion to believe them.
