It's more or less an inevitability at this point, regardless of what we do. Really we're just trying to get corporations and countries to make changes so it will be Gen A's (or the following generation's) problem instead of Z.
Normalcy now has an unavoidable term limit. The question is if we're going to shorten how long that timespan is by desperately holding onto normalcy now for as long as we can, or if we're going to start making things harder, more challenging, and less normal sooner to make the transition less painful and give it a longer on-ramp.
Currently we seem to be choosing option A.
For what it's worth, I've seen some friends take things a little more seriously when I've explained that currently we're going to see abrupt and incredibly disruptive changes at the point in our (Gen Z and Millenials) lives when we're at the age when we'll be least able to tolerate the changes and most reliant on others. In 40-50 years, Z and M are going to be senior citizens at best. While we may be full of distracted, dopamine-seeking denial now, by the time shit really starts hitting the fan, we're going to be extra weight on the generations struggling desperately to survive.
Don't expect a happy retirement.
He will. And I suspect it will be shortly (within the first two years) after he takes office, putting J.D. Stalin in charge. I suspect he has a serious illness, of which both he and his close advisors are aware, and they are keeping silent about it. It would explain Vance's presidential-nominee-style campaigning as well as a few other things about the planned transition...
That should actually make people more scared. A narcissist cannot fully comprehend their own death. Instead, it will make him even more volatile, more violent, and more vicious. If a narcissist is going to die, they truly believe everyone and everything else should too. Ask anyone that has watched a narcissistic parent die.
A narcissist faced with a terminal diagnosis is likely to respond with intense emotional volatility. The sudden loss of control and the threat to their inflated self-image can ignite unpredictable bouts of anger and even violence. Their sense of entitlement and the belief that they deserve special treatment will cause them to lash out anyone that does not meet their demands. This rage, driven by a deep fear of losing control, can manifest in dangerous, hostile outbursts as they struggle to maintain dominance in an increasingly powerless situation.
Simultaneously, their manipulative tendencies may escalate. They weaponize everything. It they're dying, everyone should be dying. The narcissist's desperate need to protect their fragile sense of superiority leads to highly destructive behavior. So, if it's the case that he has received a terminal diagnosis and he wins the presidency, which polls show is increasingly likely... Strap. The. Fuck. In.