Living somewhere sane (not on the left coast) helps one's outlook. Red state America is still quite different than blue state America. And, most of the major changes that occur end up occurring at the state level.
And, the Supreme Court appears to be on the verge of overturning horrific precedents like Roe. And, red states will, very rapidly, change their laws accordingly if that happens.
The explosion of crime and riots being allowed as a means of political intimidation? Not a problem in red state America.
John Nolte at Breitbart has written several columns about the difference between living in Los Angeles and rural North Carolina and how much better his life in the latter.
Maybe its where you live that is the primary problem.
You bring up a really good point, the part of the country you live in has a tremendous impact on your perspective. I’ve known this in my own house, as I married a woman who lived in the Deep South for nearly all her life. She thought I was stone-cold nuts when I talked to her how “climate-change” was a real religion out here…how the left wing super majorities literally wanted conservatives dead (my own sister opined that the only reason a gun should exist would be to shoot Sarah Palin) and that if you wanted to survive in your career never…ever…express your real opinions, lie as much as you needed to, because if you were branded as something other than a true believer in Leftist Orthodoxy, you would be gone tomorrow. After having lived out here for a couple decades now, she sees it…she could never imagine this level of insanity and intensity having lived in Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Since she came here, this part of the country has only gotten crazier. And now these people are on the March, the only question being if they will allow a part of the country that thinks differently to continue to exist. They are playing for keeps…and they will burn it all down to get their way. I’ve known these people deeply and intimately for 6 decades. They will never rest until they subjugate everyone to their ways, or are dead.