No the only that, but the closer my friends and I get to 50, the more of them I find parroting SOME of the reactionary right wing bullshit about Antifa or BLM - causes they still support, but are buying into some of the fearmongering aimed at suburban white people - that I have to then go in and course correct...
The rightward pull is seductive, and in the same way as cults. Prey on fears and anxieties, create a new one only you can answer, lovebomb the target, Jargon it up, explain how Glorious Leader can solve the imaginary problem plaguing the target...boom. Over enough time, you gain new members. If you’re lucky enough to be born into the cult, we’ll...you’re just fucked.
Religion is the problem here. Fundamentalist religion is 100% the primary tool used to get us here. Everything else falls into place after that.