The societal ills from collective tendancy to ignore red flags seems to be a human trait

It's in your nature to destroy yourselves

Defeatist bullshit becomes self-fulfilling at some point. "Oh we're all gonna die anyway so we might as well milk this thing for profit. Après moi la déluge."

*"le" déluge

... the fact that you are missing a reference doesn't require that level of disdain