<<People who were promised a "good life" are terrified that that future will disappear. That if they are lucky, they too will be left to roam the apocalyptic wastelands alongside everyone else.>>
Anyone paying attention is terrified and trying to pivot. Unless you are obscenely wealthy you are fast running out of road. Few of us can afford bunkers in NZ. The answer is fewer, many fewer, humans -but it's hard to admit. One thing this article gets right is that the privileged MAY escape. What it gets wrong is the nature of privilege right now: immense wealth. The vast majority of us are screwed.