One function of social media is to leave you permanently frozen in a state of "things can only get worse." This is not to say things can't -- and possibly will -- get worse. It is to say that nothing is inevitable, and we all have a role in creating the future, no matter how powerless we feel.
All of our stupid little political games and economies and borders are meaningless in the face of brute physical reality. They can never hire enough cops to stop the oceans