"We the People" was and remains a extremely powerful phrase, one worth reiterating

…The only thing that really matters to live in Christ instead of death.” –William Stringfellow 🕯️

…matter exactly what a Christian does from day to day. What matters is that whatever one does is done in honor of one’s own life, given to one by God and restored to one in Christ, and in honor of the life into which all humans and all things are called…

Cormac's books are overrated and are primarily memorable for being edgy and self indulgent. I realized he was re writing the same book over and over and promptly DNF.

If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.