At least you aren't in denial, after all.

You need to remember the aftermath is Elites get wholly taken down and sent to jail. But we will face full blown social oblivion for the rest of this century. You see Cambodia post Red Khmers, this is where we are all heading to in the future. Aside that they had nothing to lose in the first place because according to the sociopath mindset, as long as you are destroyed they have nil to lose.