Yup.
You'd think suffering would lead people to vote more responsibly. But I guess it has the opposite effect. I guess maybe their lives are such shit that what's coming isn't going to make their lives much worse. But it certainly won't make them better.
If another species is intelligent enough to cross the vastness of space to reach us they're going to be intelligent enough to stay far away from us or eradicate us.
And I wouldn't blame them for either.