It’s inconceivable to them that someone isn’t going to come and fix this. Whenever things go off the rails the system kicks in and the laws right the wrongs. We may get close to a precipice but the system won’t allow us to go over it. The realization that the system is broken is too hard to fathom.
Based on people I have talked to in the 'burbs, this is a popular position.
And that implies that the system needs to be fixed, not just to keep the Trumps of the world in line but to keep things from degrading to the point that a Trump could get within 1000 miles of the WH in the first place. But it's hard to see a path to fixing the system that doesn't make it worse.