It’s just that now it tries to be a bit more stealthy.

With regard to what has been happening the past 100 days in the United States, it’s not even trying to be stealthy one little bit. If anything, it’s dropping massive hints of the objectionable things it’s planning for the near future.

There are still existential threats: https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/

The difference with a population of 8 billion is that we as individuals are less empowered to do anything significant about them than ever.