> it wouldn't be the "end of humanity" or anything even remotely like it

It's very likely that a nuclear conflict between major nuclear-armed states (US, China, Russia, but it could be starting in India or Pakistan as well) would bring an end to humanity as we mean it today.

I really hope that behind all the today's communication bullshit there are deep state masterminds that do not have personal interest in dominating a doomed world.