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If you buy into the Big Rip, then all particles in the universe (including protons and neutrons) will eventually disintegrate

Stephen Baxter wrote a short story about such. It sticks with you.

your post made me laugh because it makes the theory sound like propaganda that is sponsored by Big Rip

Big Bang, Big Rip, Big Crush. Cosmologists like Big Things.

It’s literally the study of big things.