"Breaking the cycle requires accepting discomfort long enough to see the pattern, which is why most people don't."

Hence, "it's always darkest before the dawn." Part of my point is that it's about to get really uncomfortable for everyone whether they decided to be complacent and submissive or not. The last half decade has already woken up many people because of this very dynamic, imo. Seeking comfort through compliance will just come with pain anyway, and because of that we continue toward a threshold that will eventually tip over and I suspect will unravel an extraordinary amount of what we consider "normal."

The people who present a viable alternative will have an enormous upper hand and opportunity to influence the new direction of the world. That's why building everything *we* want to see is our best bet, imo.