>>> I want to know what FReepers think and how much “normalcy bias” we are affected by here.
Compared to the general public, I would submit that Freepers are NOT suffering from normalcy bias much at all. (maybe a little).
We KNOW something is coming... at the very least an economical collapse. I find your familiarity with the term you used refreshing. Most people have never even heard of it, let alone what it means.
The Houston Chronicle on the 14th quoted Rasmussen saying half of all likely voters (not just R's) think that the Government is preparing to mess with a State or States for political reasons. As in, martial law, that kind of thing.
I don't know what to think myself, but when someone like Greg Abbott, who is serious as a heart attack, worries that Obama is cooking something up (go ahead, count in your own heads the number of times Obama has messed with Texas since he moved into the White House), that gets my attention.