> MAGA didn’t invent apocalyptic thinking—it industrialized it. America is described as fallen, occupied, corrupt beyond recovery. Elections are fake. Courts are compromised. Journalists are enemies. Neighbors are suspect. If everything is already illegitimate, then anything done in response becomes justified.
> Apocalypse becomes permission.
Rules are over. Party like it's the end of time. Jesus will forgive .... maybe.
[0] https://www.patheos.com/blogs/snarkyfaith/2026/01/apocalypse...
The bad news is it doesn't matter if enough powerful people believe in it anyway.