Our entire political systems is hyperbolic and actively seeks to undermine trust in institutions that could push back against the political system’s interests.

Our entire political systems is hyperbolic and actively seeks to undermine trust in institutions that could push back against the political system’s interests. Even if the danger were eminent, the average person on the street 1) probably couldn’t understand the threat and 2) wouldn’t have a single idea about how to mitigate their personal exposure to that threat (if it were even possible for them to do so).