I'm afraid you've mistook the meaning of the song, but don't feel bad. It frustrated the married couple that was Timbuk 3 also. They meant it as a slap at the apathy of the young generation, whom they perceived as the type that would have no ethical conflicts about making big bucks building nukes -- nukes that would someday be used, causing us to be blinded, except in the event that we were...wearing shades.
There is a lot of music that was inspired by the supposed inevitability of a nuclear holocaust, some of it taking dead aim at President Reagan himself. "Seconds" by U2; "Strike Zone" by Loverboy; "Hammer To Fall" by Queen; "Walking In Your Footsteps" by The Police; "Wild Wild West" by Escape Club ("Waiting for the big boom...Gotta live it up...Ronnie's got a new gun!"), "The War Song" by Culture Club, "End of The Innocence" by Don Henley ("They're beating plowshares into swords for this tired old man that we elected king") just to name a few.