It sounds like the after-effects of cult indoctrination. Watchtower wants people to believe world events are fulfilling their prophecies- that there is nothing positive to be drawn from world conditions. The reality on the ground is that the highest percentage of humanity ever is living longer, enjoys a better standard of living, better healthcare, better education, more travel opportunities. So dire and hopeless are these last days that most people would choose to live their life in our time than any other era of history- if such a choice were possibly.
We have been conditioned to have a negative, unbalanced outlook- that's my opinion.