General Discussion

People are who they are, and you can't fix someone else's stupid.
From 1932, a majority of Germans ignored what was happening to their neighbors - sometimes to family members, and later the horrific concentration camps right next to their towns because the Nazi party was telling them they were the real victims and that the Nazis would save them from the horrible Marxist Modernists dragging honest Germans down into moral and economic poverty; bringing back a High German Renaissance.
The GOP puts on a glittery, emotionally appealing "easy fix" savior show. And most people dealing with emotionally stressful situations (whatever they are) tend to go for the easy or feel-good fix, even if they sit down and think about that "solution", it's obvious that is a stupid idea.

Once the decision is made, the sunk cost in wanting that easy fix outweighs the "wait a moment, that's a fucking stupid lie and me and my family are getting screwed hard by these yo-yos if I continue" realization.

Half of *ump's voters know they're screwed and the country is screwed. But they bought his BS in an adrenaline fueled emotional brain-fart, and they're going to ride that shit slide all the way down to rock bottom because being a victim gave them a feeling of petulant righteousness.
They're like drunks and incels. They won't admit they create most of their own problems, and they can't admit they have to figure out how to fix those problems in themselves. Big Daddy Saviour will just fix it for them.
Likewise, the ones who sit by passively and do nothing, the ones who decided not to vote for whatever reason -probably because they felt that just making a decision is too hard and wouldn't change anything right now - are playing helpless victim. They've told themselves they and their community doesn't matter.

You can't reach either group. They made their tragic choice based off a selfish emotion. They just have to make the decision to step beyond their ego bubbles and either evolve or perish with everyone else. They chose the victimhood road - the "it's someone else's responsibility" - to their future.
I recognize them for what they are, I can appeal to their "better senses", but it's their choice. I can't make them change it. I can only try and assess the situation and see where I can mitigate it, adapt, and hope.

Haele