Fair enough, I don’t mean to sound like it isn’t a good thing to do, to try to ween people off, but I’ll freely admit I am way too jaded to try to do that myself anymore.

I spent a decade trying to convince people that if they did not leave, [gestures at current state of the world] is what would happen.

Way I see it, its roughly the same situation as climate change: we passed the inflexion point, we failed, now our possible future timelines are much darker.

… I’m glad you made it out though.

Keep that flame of optimism inside you as well tended and healthy as you can.