For me, I do feel getting a dog would be a beautiful distraction. A distraction away from the bizarre world out there, even if it's temporary especially in a rapidly declining world as you highlighted.
Let's bask in the moment and focus our energy on the things we can control rather than that which we can't control. A perfect choice I'd say.
Greetings
Bizarre is a good term for the current world from my perspective at least.
It is indeed