I surprised you weren't hit with the standard, "I DONT CARE ABOUT POINTS, get a life (insert 12 year old put down or name calling here)!"
Imagine believing everything they are saying were true, and then figuring out it wasnt, after losing friends and family. It has to be tough, they have to keep fighting. They feel as though they are STUCK.
The fear sets in that "THEIR" way of life is ending, as they start to lose the POWER that they perceive as having. To assume it is lost, is to presume it was owned. Therefore the ones who are threatened do actually have power and privalages, which is why they are fighting so hard to "keep" them.
I am not talking about taxes or jobs here, folks.