How has it changed for me?
...I watched my state's infrastructure finish getting hijacked, realized the thought that Virginia was becoming a purple state was a delusion, and am beginning to watch monuments be ripped down, icons destroyed, and archives burned. Gun rights, which once upon a time were mostly unrestricted, are now being slowly boiled away. In the very long term I will probably have to abandon my home because it will eventually become unsafe.
I do sort my affairs, make sure I am building up funds, etc. But this ends up affecting my local community, I can't completely ignore it.
I don't think Normal People will push back against it enough.