The scariest part isn't what's happening--which isn't great--but all the fearmongering.

It robs people of agency, prevents attempts at realistic compromises in cases where there are genuine tradeoffs, and dampens pushback against erosion of rights because instead of confronting the guilty party with documentation of harm there are mostly only extravagant exaggerations (i.e. lies) that are easily dismissed.

We need a lot less "OMG it's grim" and a lot more level-headed determination to prioritize issues and start working on solutions.

For instance, in the United States, nationwide abortion access seems out of reach both legally (though it should be an utterly obvious consequence of separation of church and state and equal protection--but it's such an activist court I can imagine it even going after incorporation) and legislatively (due to hyperpartisanship). But the voters in most states are pro-abortion-rights, at least up to the level that Roe vs Wade provided. So there's a huge lever there, if the Democrats are willing to pull it rather than field candidates that try to solve every social issue at once in the way most vocally recommended by the farthest-left part of the party.