 and these people they've they've let it dominate their life they've let it destroy their relationships um and they're kind of like husks of their former selves i mean rachel maddow's program this last week was so sad to watch i mean could she be any more apocalyptic it was like watching greta thunberg on cable tv she said this is going to be the end of politics as we know it we talk about this in the book right-wing revolution where the it is always the end of the world crisis for the american left