Both things take time, but crucially, two key components.

The realization that nobody is coming to save us and we cannot trust or depend on old structures.

And that the regime puts folks through enough hardship inaction becomes unacceptable.

For good or ill, this regime is speedrunning both.

Au contraire, I would argue the true self-defeating course would be to expect compromised, already failed institutions to magically and suddenly become functional again.

It makes us waste time we could better spend building resistance movements and parallel institutions to replace the old.

I think there's a difference between being negative and looking at the current conditions to recognize patterns and make educated guesses about what's coming based on previous outcomes.

Is there an overlap? Most certainly. That is why many doomerist posts about the regime turned out to be right.

That 35% still won't care and the other 35% still can't be bothered.

That's the real takeaway from the emails leaked last week. There was already more than enough evidence there.

They don't need to redact them, they just need legacy media to bury the story, which it will.

I can't express how sad I am to hear this news. Valhalla is getting a new warrior. May you and your muse ride together for all time.

You are loved, admired, and will be sorely missed.