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It is militarily paper tiger, it has been for a while, but it has effectively incapacitated the masses for action (info overload). While in the 1960s they took reign by suppressing news, now the technique is news saturation that paralyses the masses. Also, I see politicians far more trigger-easy with using nuclear weapons if need be than ever since 1950s (ironically not Trump!). It is very worrisome.
On the contrary, the decay in material conditions has led to increasing radicalization. One only need to look at the unified support for Luigi Mangione to see that people are increasingly jaded with the system.
I am going to disagree here... we are very "radicalized" with words on social media, but, but a few outliers, with more composure in real life. In the past people I perceive (maybe unfounded) were far more spoken when felt disfranchised. Now, I give you that this situation will probably not endure for a decade longer.
It's all about rate of change, not absolute values. Nothing is static, and the tides move in favor of radicalization as the conditions for radicalization expand.