We're in the "save yourself" stage of things at this point. Those who don't blatantly see the writing on the wall at this point aren't going to until it's too late. There are NPCs on both sides of the aisle, hell-bent (and as you said- addicted) to occupying their attention with bullshit rather than confront and prepare against the true threats that are coming. It fucking sucks, but the more effort you put into trying to force the proverbial horse to drink, the more you're shooting yourself in the foot.

Focusing on yourself and the few others in your life who see the light is really the only viable strategy I see. Most won't make it- and that includes our loved ones. I'm still friendly and polite to my friends/family/coworkers who are still living in Bullshitland, but they'll all be ghosted (and even treated as threats if they show up at my door) as soon as things go sideways. You brought the horse to water-- that's as much as anyone can reasonably do.

We're in the "save yourself" stage of things at this point. Those who don't blatantly see the writing on the wall at this point aren't going to until it's too late. There are NPCs on both sides of the aisle, hell-bent (and as you said- addicted) to occupying their attention with bullshit rather than confront and prepare against the true threats that are coming. It fucking sucks, but the more effort you put into trying to force the proverbial horse to drink, the more you're shooting yourself in the foot.

Focus on yourself and the other few in your life who see the light. Most won't make it- and that includes our loved ones.