Putin: good mouse, my school.

WHAT??? How old is this comic??? Things haven't been working out since.....

checks notes

..........well the only logical conclusion is this comic is from the distant future.

The key word is hope. The rest doesn't have to come true. As long as they still have hope, the plan is working.

My old boss used to say "Hope is not a strategy." I think that's a pretty good philosophy.

The universe is deterministic so you already succeeded/failed, no need to worry.

Oh why am I shaking, um yea... don... don't worry about it, I'm... I'm totally totally not scared about... like... um... everything going on in life, everything is fine...

... turns around

I'm glad you have hope, mouse.