It is the beliefs in fictional beings that is a big part of the problem.
The belief in God's chosen vs Taghut/Jibt/Abu Lahab/Gog/Anti-Christ, is the only way to really see politics for what it is behind the smoke. Till then you got no idea what's really going on at all.
You place your bet that God doesn't have a hand (the guide) on earth, like many people did in the past. There were many "super powers" who thought they were the super power and didn't think of God as a power, just a place holder in religion and philosophy like you do.
Then when the guide comes and perform miracles, their hate towards believers from before and their playful nature, will make them accuse him of being a sorcerer.
The Mahdi will come. The world will divide base on him and the final battle will occur. Gog and Magog will fall from every high place of power, influence, and authority. This society will disappear.
The question is a number game. Will there be very few believers or many. Will it be even split more so. Will it be majority siding with the truth for once? We don't know.
The Quran warns about it so warnings are to be avoided and the catastrophes it warns about to be avoided. Will they be avoided, I doubt it.