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It's worth noting that people rarely think the big events are going to happen in someone else's lifetime. All kinds of "the end is nigh!" Stuff works on that psychology. Humans often think they're special in that kind of way. How many "savior/rapture/great Satan is coming imminently!" Have there been, all to be wrong.
I agree with all of this 100%. Though, to be fair, given the impact that the US President is having globally, I don't think believing or worrying about something big happening soon is out of the question. What that will look like is debatable.
That's what I mean. Whatever "big thing" is coming is debatable. And it's definitely subjective. But in this moment, the us president is impacting things at a global scale. The elimination of USAID for example put a stop to vaccination efforts in villages in Africa. That's devastating for them, but for an average person in, say, Australia, that may be frustrating but not impactful in the same way. Seeing a bunch of smaller things happening all at the same time justifies someone's concern that something bigger is going to or could happen.
And it's the blinkered devotion people have for him, its frightening. Perfectly average, sane people said things about jan 6th like "I can't blame them"