Because I am just a leaf in a stream. Or a pebble in a glacier. Or a voice in a chorus. Etc.

Who am I to argue with science?

Maybe they saw trump as the lesser evil.

Hmm, mouse pointer as minimal avatar. Desktop as minimal world. Interesting.

Primer

It has a vibe. A proper science fiction / mythology / tripping / mystic / religion vibe. Reality shakes. The world crumbles away to reveal something else.

Matrix and Chronicle have it a bit too, but lesser.