I genuinely believe that we shifted into an alternate reality after 2019. Time is different, people have changed, and things don’t feel the same. We now live in an eerie post-apocalyptic emotionless society reminiscent of black mirror. Call me crazy but I believe this.
The MCU has actually become a perfect adaptation of the Marvel comics, in that they both love to walk back on any interesting changes they made to the status quo out of fear of being rejected by the general audience