I think it's time for a good ol' fashioned Gurren Lagann rewatch. Attack the problem at its root, go for the throat. We're not helpless, we don't have to live in the dirt.

We were here before the 1 million:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6__YBUTxkI

Now we're here, and our opponents are bigger than ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP0S3xL2S8U