It's a coping mechanism for living in hard times. You accept that there is evil in the world, that things are not in your control, and that you must still live your life. So, you learn to brush off these large scale things because you can't affect them.

You hear lots of variations. "It's in God's hands" is one of the most common ones I hear day to day. It's another coping mechanism. You say that when someone gets into a terrible accident or gets a cancer diagnosis.

Personally, I understand that mentality.

In the context of our discussion here on this board, the solution to the problem is to actually find tangible solutions. You need to show people that there are things they can actually do that make a meaningful difference. This is why Trump gets broad support. No other "leader" is actually suggesting ways to fix the problem or even peck away at the fringes of it.

If you want to break the sheep mentality, be the shepherd. Help people see what they can do to fight back. Fight back locally. For the overwhelming majority of us our focus is too big. We need to fight back locally. Fix the globohomo in your own local school district. Stop the "gender affirming" child mutilation at your local hospital (by peacefully protesting it and building a case to have such things banned). Drug problem? Help the cops ID the networks of dealers. Human trafficking? Get video, give it to police as evidence, then post it on social media. Wake others up locally. Start coming up with ideas to fix the problem. Be the shepherd, and suddenly all those other sheep will step up too because likely they're angry, but coping.